Definition, Assessment, Health Consequences and Management of Equine Obesity: A Review

Akinniyi, Olumide O.; Sackey, Anthony K. B.; Ochube, Gabriel E.; Mshelia, Philip W.; Jolayemi, Kelvin O.

doi:10.2478/fv-2023-0011

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