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Undesirable behavioural traits (
Buckley et al, 2013)
• Increased risk of orthopaedic disease through increased loading
• Preputial and mammary oedema and dermatitis
• Ventral oedema possibly as a consequence of compromised lymphatic drainage
• Strangulating small intestinal lesions caused by pedunculated mesenteric lipomas
• Greater susceptibility to hypertriglyceridaemia and hyperglycaemia when faced with other critical illness
• Inappropriate lactation possibly via effects on thermoregulation and prolactin production
• Reduced growth rates in foals caused by excessive mammary adiposity and reduced milk production, and/or exaggerated compensatory growth rates once weaned
• Subfertility in mares and stallions
• Pharyngeal collapse