Changes in some haematological and metabolic indices in young horses during the first year of jump-training.
Effects of an 18 min exercise test, on three separate occasions during a one year jump-training programme, was studied in seven horses. Determinations were carried out on venous blood for packed cell volume, haemoglobin, total protein, lactate and pyruvate, glucose, free fatty acids, insulin, glucagon, blood gases, bicarbonate, pH, aldolase, aspartate aminotransferase and alanine amino-transferase. Exercise caused a slight increase in lactate and pyruvate, total protein, aldolase, alanine aminotransferase, pO2, bicarbonate and pH. Glucose, free fatty acids and pCO2 levels decreased. Training caused no significant difference in these changes. However, during the year, increases in lactate and decreases in pH (resting levels) were observed.
Department of Vertebrate Animal Physiology, Warszawa, Poland.
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Jablonska
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Ziolkowska
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Gill
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Szykula
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Faff
D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000097:blood; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D001947:Breeding; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000662:veterinary; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase / Q000097:blood; D006400:Hematocrit / Q000662:veterinary; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006736:Horses / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007773:Lactates / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal; D011773:Pyruvates / Q000097:blood
D001639:Bicarbonates; D001786:Blood Glucose; D001798:Blood Proteins; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D006454:Hemoglobins; D007773:Lactates; D011773:Pyruvates; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase; D010100:Oxygen