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Having a cresty neck did not make a horse more likely to be hyperinsulinemic.
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But a pony with a cresty neck was 19 times more likely to be hyperinsulinemic than a pony with a moderate neck.
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Equine Science Update reports that the researchers also identified morphometric measurements (morphometrics is the field concerned with studying variations and change in the size and shape of organisms) that were closely correlated to body condition score and cresty neck score.
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The typical hypothyroid horse in most people's minds-both owners and veterinarians-is the horse that has a fat, cresty neck and has laminitis.
TheHorse.com News 2009
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But a pony with a cresty neck was 19 times more likely to be hyperinsulinemic than a pony with a moderate neck.
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Equine Science Update reports that the researchers also identified morphometric measurements (morphometrics is the field concerned with studying variations and change in the size and shape of organisms) that were closely correlated to body condition score and cresty neck score.
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Having a cresty neck did not make a horse more likely to be hyperinsulinemic.
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