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Fascinating and potentially life saving research looking at laminitis risk in Welsh Section A ponies.💫Laminitis in Section A ponies💫
Some of you may remember me asking the Section A world to fill out a survey as to whether their pony had suffered from laminitis or not.
I had such an overwhelming response (and balanced response of yes and no’s) I have managed to generate a database of more than 3000 ponies and associate these ponies to development of laminitis or not.
What is remarkable AND the first of its kind, is that you can see there is two very distinct groups of ponies that either fall into the lamintis or no laminitis group.
These two group separations are a direct result of the ancestors of these ponies represented in the figure in this post.
As a result of this analysis it is now possible to risk score ponies for the genetic risk of them developing laminitis based on their ancestry.
The accuracy of this prediction has already been completed for around 50 ponies already and provided back to the owners with 100% correct placing achieved.
Currently the sensitivity of this method is 89% and the specificity is 85%. This will improve as more ponies are entered into the database and the data is modelled. For any geeks on here the AUC is already 0.935 👏.
I am currently working with an expert modeller to model this data to make the predictions even better and then to automate the analysis so that anyone can enter a ponies breeding and obtain a risk score (it’s manual at the moment).
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Many horses are fed hay at some point during the year. Whether only in winter when pastures are sparse or year round due to lack of pasture access, hay is a vital source of nutrition for your horse an...
I heard you say on this episode that the thicker stemmed hay can make a horse hotter in the summer. Our Timothy is that way right now. I'm wondering if I could gradually substitute some softer stemmed Orchard if my mare already eats Timothy, Teff and a little Alfalfa.
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Love your podcast! Can you do one on donkey nutrition please?
Fascinating and potentially life saving research looking at laminitis risk in Welsh Section A ponies.💫Laminitis in Section A ponies💫
Some of you may remember me asking the Section A world to fill out a survey as to whether their pony had suffered from laminitis or not.
I had such an overwhelming response (and balanced response of yes and no’s) I have managed to generate a database of more than 3000 ponies and associate these ponies to development of laminitis or not.
What is remarkable AND the first of its kind, is that you can see there is two very distinct groups of ponies that either fall into the lamintis or no laminitis group.
These two group separations are a direct result of the ancestors of these ponies represented in the figure in this post.
As a result of this analysis it is now possible to risk score ponies for the genetic risk of them developing laminitis based on their ancestry.
The accuracy of this prediction has already been completed for around 50 ponies already and provided back to the owners with 100% correct placing achieved.
Currently the sensitivity of this method is 89% and the specificity is 85%. This will improve as more ponies are entered into the database and the data is modelled. For any geeks on here the AUC is already 0.935 👏.
I am currently working with an expert modeller to model this data to make the predictions even better and then to automate the analysis so that anyone can enter a ponies breeding and obtain a risk score (it’s manual at the moment).
Just imagine being able to “breed out” laminitis! ... See MoreSee Less
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🎉Two opportunities to learn from Dr. Clair in NC!
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🎙️Great New Episode on Scoop and Scale Podcast! Listen now.
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Ep. 30: Understanding Horse Hay - Scoop & Scale
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Many horses are fed hay at some point during the year. Whether only in winter when pastures are sparse or year round due to lack of pasture access, hay is a vital source of nutrition for your horse an...3 CommentsComment on Facebook
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I heard you say on this episode that the thicker stemmed hay can make a horse hotter in the summer. Our Timothy is that way right now. I'm wondering if I could gradually substitute some softer stemmed Orchard if my mare already eats Timothy, Teff and a little Alfalfa.
Great episode!
🎙On Monday we are talking about hay. Stay tuned for great 🐴info!
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