title: Exercise intolerance in endurance horses.
abstract: Endurance competition requires synchronism and development of metabolic and musculoskeletal systems. An understanding of the existence of performance-limiting factors may permit the detection of exercise intolerance that could lead to performance failure, fatigue, and exhaustion. New concepts for assessment of fitness have increased the understanding of individual capacities and deficiencies and the interaction of the different systems involved in exercise.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Manhattan, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Flaminio
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Gaughan
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Gillespie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D017079:Exercise Tolerance / Q000502:physiology*; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology*; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000503:physiopathology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D010807:Physical Endurance / Q000502:physiology*; D012143:Respiratory Physiological Phenomena; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance / Q000502:physiology