
Ik heb nog niet het hele artikel gelezen, maar dit wil ik er alvast even uitpikken:
He says years ago managers put horses on practically a starvation diet if they thought the horse had a potential OCD of the neck (which can lead to Wobbler's syndrome; a malformation of vertebrae that impinges on the spinal cord). "This is the extreme--feeding less than a maintenance ration--and they felt it decreased the incidence and severity of OCD lesions of the neck," says Baxter. "Not many people do this anymore, but instead try to follow a reasonably balanced diet so foals are growing at a moderate rate rather than a fast rate. But certain breeds and individuals are going to grow a lot faster, even on a maintenance diet, than other horses, just because that's what they are programmed to do."
Het is een veel voorkomend idee dat jonge paarden schraal gehouden moeten worden, dus minder voeren dan maintenance ration, om OCD te voorkomen.