title: Swimming--a method to study the physiologic response of the horse to exercise.
abstract: The literature on exercise physiology in the horse with special reference to swimming is briefly reviewed. The use of a pool for swimming horses is described and a technique discussed for the collection of haematologic and haemodynamic data using this form of exercise.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012119:Respiration; D013550:Swimming