Indicators of exhaustion and stress markers in endurance horses
Abstract
Prolonged training and physical effort in endurance horses can influence the performance of the endurance horses negatively. The negative impact of the event is especially noticeable if venues are demanding, i.e. bad weather conditions or demanding grounds, high altitude and especially in cases of insufficiently fit horses. One of the most important factors that influence equine performance is abundance of oxygen in the blood, which is directly related to the air oxygen content and changes with atmospheric pressure, so that high altitude and low air pressure demand additional work from horses and accelerate fatigue. The authors goal was to investigate the influence of workload in endurance racing on sport horse organism. A total of 18 trained and competing endurance horses enrolled in a 60 km long endurance race organized on Zlatibor Mountain were included in our survey. Due to the difficult track 8 horses were disqualified due to lameness, and high heart rate and respiration. Only 10 ...horses completed the race and these animals were submitted to basic physical, clinical and laboratory examinations, in order to evaluate fatigue and stress reaction in endurance horses in Serbia. Results of the clinical and laboratory testing obtained show significant changes in all parameters evaluated which we attributed to physical effort in all 10 horses that finished the race in comparison with the values obtained before the race. In conclusion, 10 horses finished the race and were tested, and they indicated significant alterations in physiological parameters showing stress reaction. The evaluated parameters decreased into physiological interval values during the 5 days following the race. © 2021 Polskie Towarzystwo Nauk Weterynaryjnych. All rights reserved.
Keywords:
Cortisol / Endurance / Exhaustion / Horse / StressSource:
Medycyna Weterynaryjna, 2021, 77, 7, 331-336Publisher:
- Polskie Towarzystwo Nauk Weterynaryjnych
DOI: 10.21521/mw.6545
ISSN: 0025-8628
WoS: 000654235500002
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85118218889
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Fakultet veterinarske medicineTY - JOUR AU - Đoković, Stefan AU - Marković, Lazar AU - Đermanović, Vladan AU - Trailović, Ružica PY - 2021 UR - https://vet-erinar.vet.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2236 AB - Prolonged training and physical effort in endurance horses can influence the performance of the endurance horses negatively. The negative impact of the event is especially noticeable if venues are demanding, i.e. bad weather conditions or demanding grounds, high altitude and especially in cases of insufficiently fit horses. One of the most important factors that influence equine performance is abundance of oxygen in the blood, which is directly related to the air oxygen content and changes with atmospheric pressure, so that high altitude and low air pressure demand additional work from horses and accelerate fatigue. The authors goal was to investigate the influence of workload in endurance racing on sport horse organism. A total of 18 trained and competing endurance horses enrolled in a 60 km long endurance race organized on Zlatibor Mountain were included in our survey. Due to the difficult track 8 horses were disqualified due to lameness, and high heart rate and respiration. Only 10 horses completed the race and these animals were submitted to basic physical, clinical and laboratory examinations, in order to evaluate fatigue and stress reaction in endurance horses in Serbia. Results of the clinical and laboratory testing obtained show significant changes in all parameters evaluated which we attributed to physical effort in all 10 horses that finished the race in comparison with the values obtained before the race. In conclusion, 10 horses finished the race and were tested, and they indicated significant alterations in physiological parameters showing stress reaction. The evaluated parameters decreased into physiological interval values during the 5 days following the race. © 2021 Polskie Towarzystwo Nauk Weterynaryjnych. All rights reserved. PB - Polskie Towarzystwo Nauk Weterynaryjnych T2 - Medycyna Weterynaryjna T1 - Indicators of exhaustion and stress markers in endurance horses VL - 77 IS - 7 SP - 331 EP - 336 DO - 10.21521/mw.6545 ER -
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Đoković, S., Marković, L., Đermanović, V.,& Trailović, R.. (2021). Indicators of exhaustion and stress markers in endurance horses. in Medycyna Weterynaryjna Polskie Towarzystwo Nauk Weterynaryjnych., 77(7), 331-336. https://doi.org/10.21521/mw.6545
Đoković S, Marković L, Đermanović V, Trailović R. Indicators of exhaustion and stress markers in endurance horses. in Medycyna Weterynaryjna. 2021;77(7):331-336. doi:10.21521/mw.6545 .
Đoković, Stefan, Marković, Lazar, Đermanović, Vladan, Trailović, Ružica, "Indicators of exhaustion and stress markers in endurance horses" in Medycyna Weterynaryjna, 77, no. 7 (2021):331-336, https://doi.org/10.21521/mw.6545 . .