Mendoza Francisco J, Toribio Ramiro E, Perez-Ecija Alejandro
Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Cordoba, Campus Rabanales, Road Madrid-Cadiz km 396, Cordoba 14014, Spain.
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Ohio State University, 601 Vernon Tharp Street, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract. 2019 Dec;35(3):399-417. doi: 10.1016/j.cveq.2019.07.001. Epub 2019 Oct 3.
The donkey evolved under harsh and arid environmental conditions, developing unique energy-efficiency traits, with an efficiency to rapidly mobilize fat in situations of increased energy demands or when food is scarce. This evolution has led to an inherent predisposition of donkeys to obesity, dyslipidemias, insulin dysregulation/metabolic syndrome, pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction, and endocrinopathic laminitis. Marked differences have been described in hormone dynamics and testing protocols for the diagnosis of these endocrine and metabolic diseases in donkeys compared with horses, underlining the necessity of a species-specific approach in order to avoid misdiagnosis, unnecessary or inadequate treatments, and additional costs.
驴在恶劣干旱的环境条件下进化，形成了独特的能量高效利用特性，能够在能量需求增加或食物短缺时迅速调动脂肪。这种进化导致驴天生易患肥胖症、血脂异常、胰岛素调节异常/代谢综合征、垂体中间叶功能障碍和内分泌性蹄叶炎。与马相比，驴在这些内分泌和代谢疾病诊断的激素动态和检测方案方面存在显著差异，这突出了采用特定物种方法的必要性，以避免误诊、不必要或不充分的治疗以及额外费用。
