1. Relationship between serum cortisol levels and some physiological parameters following reining training session in horse
- Author
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Giuseppe Piccione, Irene Vazzana, Stefania Casella, Francesco Fazio, and Elisabetta Giudice
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medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Respiratory rate ,040301 veterinary sciences ,business.industry ,0402 animal and dairy science ,Repeated measures design ,Horse ,Reining ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,General Medicine ,Hematocrit ,040201 dairy & animal science ,0403 veterinary science ,Endocrinology ,Internal medicine ,Heart rate ,medicine ,Analysis of variance ,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences ,business ,Hydrocortisone ,medicine.drug - Abstract
The changes of cortisol, red blood cells (RBC), hemoglobin (Hb), hematocrit (Hct), heart rate (HR), respiratory rate (RR) and rectal temperature (RT) were evaluated after a reining training session in eight Quarter Horses. All parameters were measured before exercise (T0), immediately after exercise (T1), 1 h after exercise (T2), 2 h after exercise (T3) and 24 h after exercise (T4). One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) for repeated measures, followed Bonferroni's post hoc test, showed a significant effect of the reining training session (P < 0.0001) on cortisol, RBC, Hb, Hct, HR, RR and RT. Simple linear regression analysis showed the positive correlation (P < 0.05) between cortisol changes and variations of studied parameters in T1, T3 and T4. Exercise-induced cortisol concentrations reflect the physiological response of reining training, suggesting that the changes observed are useful to assess the performance in reining horses and their reining training adaptability.
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- 2015