{"topic_id":"evidence_equine_dental_diet","category":"evidence","context":"---\ntopic_id: evidence_equine_dental_diet\ncategory: evidence\ntitle: \"Horse — dental health / dentition — dietary management (Europe PMC)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Europe PMC REST search (europepmc.org), query '(horse OR equine) AND (dental OR dentition OR teeth) AND (diet OR nutrition OR feeding OR forage)', 8578 hits, pulled 2026-07-22\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_equine_dental_diet_2026-07-22.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-22\ntokens_estimated: 260\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 30\n  passed: 30\n  date: 2026-07-22\nsource_document: \"Veterinary / medical evidence (guideline or study) — PMID 41782898\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Europe PMC\"\n  title: \"Horse — dental health / dentition — dietary management (Europe PMC)\"\n  url: \"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41782898/\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-22\"\n  ref: \"PMID 41782898\"\n  doc_type: \"official PDF\"\n  needs_review: false\ncopyright_note: \"Mixed licensing per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3: Open Access (CC BY) studies retained verbatim with attribution; non-Open-Access studies paraphrased as derived fact summaries (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten).\"\nlicense: mixed\nauthority_tier: T2\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T2:oa-repo\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\n---\n\n# Horse — dental health / dentition — dietary management (Europe PMC)\nSource: Europe PMC REST search, query \"(horse OR equine) AND (dental OR dentition OR teeth) AND (diet OR nutrition OR feeding OR forage)\", 8578 hits (2026-07-22). 6 representative studies below (filtered for species + nutrition relevance).\n\n1. PMID 41782898 — Equine dental destructive disorders: an epidemiological survey in northern Germany. (Frontiers in veterinary science, 2026). Abstract (opening): Destructive lesions of the peripheral and infundibular cementum are increasingly recognized in equine dentistry. While similarities to human caries have been noted, current evidenc *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*\n2. PMID 40941342 — Microbiome and Dental Changes in Horses Fed a High Soluble Carbohydrate Diet. (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2025). Abstract (opening): This study investigated the oral microbiome of horses maintained on a high soluble carbohydrate diet based on sugarcane, in comparison to those fed a pasture-based diet composed of *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*\n3. PMID 42278111 — Management of Equine Post-Extraction Cheek Tooth Alveoli: Application of Alveolar Plugs. (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2026). Abstract (opening): Preservation of dentition remains the primary goal of equine dentistry; however, cheek tooth extraction is required in cases of severe dental pathology. Following tooth extraction, *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*\n4. PMID 41859762 — Comparative study of dental age estimation methods against known chronological age in Nigerian local horses. (Journal of equine science, 2026). Abstract (opening): Dental age estimation in horses is very important in the context of quality healthcare, breeding programs, and welfare management. However, information on the most suitable dental  *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*\n5. PMID 42025860 — *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A 2026 Journal of Equine Veterinary Science case report describes nutritional management of an 18-year-old, 553 kg warmblood gelding used for dressage that presented with severe weight loss and marked muscle atrophy (abstract opening only; full management detail and outcome not retrievable from the non-Open-Access record).\n6. PMID 42024214 — Epidemiology of open and closed diastemata in equine cheek teeth and associations with periodontal pathology. (Veterinary research communications, 2026). Abstract (opening): Cheek-tooth diastemata are a common dental abnormality in horses and are considered a major predisposing factor for periodontal disease. However, the influence of diastema type and *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*\n\nNote: study selection and synthesis are left to the API consumer; this topic only surfaces primary sources with verbatim abstract openings.\n\nSource text: `pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_equine_dental_diet_2026-07-22.txt` (Europe PMC REST + PubMed efetch, 2026-07-22).\n\n## License & attribution\n\nMixed licensing per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3: Open Access (CC BY / CC BY-NC /\nCC BY-NC-ND) studies are reproduced verbatim with attribution under their specific\nCC license; non-Open-Access studies are paraphrased as derived fact summaries\n(numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten). Original records:\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40941342/\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41782898/\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41859762/\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42024214/\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42025860/\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42278111/\n","sources":["Europe PMC — Horse — dental health / dentition — dietary management (Europe PMC) (retrieved 2026-07-22)"],"source":{"authority":"Europe PMC","title":"Horse — dental health / dentition — dietary management (Europe PMC)","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41782898/","retrieved":"2026-07-22","ref":"PMID 41782898","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Veterinary / medical evidence (guideline or study) — PMID 41782898","verification_file":"pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_equine_dental_diet_2026-07-22.txt"},"source_document":"Veterinary / medical evidence (guideline or study) — PMID 41782898","source_file":"pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_equine_dental_diet_2026-07-22.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T2","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"mixed","display_grade":"B"},"tokens_estimated":260,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}