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Anesthetic protocol was standardized. Outcomes compared between groups included anesthesia time, arterial oxygenation, duration of hypotension, perioperative manure output, time to first passage of manure postoperatively, pain scores, and colic proportion. Comparisons were made with a mixed model and Fisher exact test with statistical significance considered at <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> \u2264 .05.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>No differences were seen in pain scores, oxygenation, hypotension, or colic between groups. Groups FM and FNM had a significantly greater mean reduction in postoperative manure weight (\u201381% and \u201370%; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .003) and number of manure piles (\u201363% and \u201355%; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .005) compared to group NF (\u201339% and \u201322%; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; .001; weight and piles, respectively). Mean \u00b1 SD minutes to passage of manure postoperatively was significantly shorter in group NF (238 \u00b1 13 minutes) than groups FM (502 \u00b1 174 minutes; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; .001) and FNM (444 \u00b1 171 minutes; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .003). <\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>CLINICAL RELEVANCE<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Horses with continuous access to hay prior to and following recovery from anesthesia passed more manure and passed manure sooner after surgery than their fasted counterparts without detrimental effect on anesthetic parameters and postoperative complications. Continuous access to hay perioperatively supports manure production in healthy horses without increase in anesthetic complications.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2460\/javma.24.04.0235","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,12]],"date-time":"2024-06-12T15:11:01Z","timestamp":1718205061000},"page":"1201-1208","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Fasting horses perioperatively decreases manure production and increases time to manure output postoperatively: a controlled randomized trial"],"prefix":"10.2460","volume":"262","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4493-8888","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Charlotte K.","family":"Barton","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rachel C.","family":"Hector","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dean A.","family":"Hendrickson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2401-9710","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Chris E.","family":"Kawcak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Brad B.","family":"Nelson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8010-4429","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Laurie R.","family":"Goodrich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1272","reference":[{"issue":"6","key":"ref1","series-title":"Equine Vet J","first-page":"635","article-title":"Peri-anaesthetic complications in an equine referral hospital: risk factors for post anaesthetic colic","volume":"47","author":"Jago RC","year":"2015","unstructured":"Jago RC, Corletto F, Wright IM. 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