@article {3672,
	title = {The feeding and management of Thoroughbred and Standardbred Racehorses displaying clinical signs of recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis},
	journal = {New Zealand Journal of Animal Science and Production},
	volume = {79},
	year = {2019},
	month = {07/2019},
	pages = {26-31},
	address = {Palmerston North},
	abstract = {Data on the feeding and management of racehorses and the prevalence of trainer-identified recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis (RER) were collected via a cross-sectional face-to-face survey of 100 registered Thoroughbred and Standardbred trainers (n=1,771 horses). Data were collected on the number of horses in full work, number displaying signs of RER, gender, and age (<= 3 or > 3 years), amount and type of forage available, and weights of all forages and concentrates. The estimated crude RER prevalence was 8.4\% (95\% CI 7.2-10.8\%) with no significant difference in prevalence between breeds. Premixed feeds were fed to 98\% (1,742/1,771) of the total population, and 99\% (148/149) of the horses that displayed signs of RER. Feeds specially formulated for horses that {\textquotedblleft}tie-up{\textquotedblright} were fed to 50\% (75/149) of horses displaying RER signs. However, 64\% (48/75) of these had additional grain, or a standard racing feed, included in the diet. Average starch levels (\% of DE) provided to horses displaying signs of RER were 33.4{\textpm}1.1\%. Only 7\% (11/149) of horses displaying signs of RER were provided with dietary starch levels at the recommended allowance (< 20\% of DE). },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Wood IJ and Lancaster BE and Rogers CW}
}
