Gregić, Maja, Baban, Mirjana, Gregić, Stjepan, Bobić, Tina, Mijić, Pero, Antunović, Boris, and Gantner Vesna
Cilj rada bio je prikazati utjecaj temperature okoliša na rad srca 14 konja koji se koriste u preponskom sportu prije, tijekom i nakon treninga. Istraživanja su provedena u privatnom uzgoju na pastusima pasmine Holstein i uzgojnog tipa hrvatskog sportskog konja. Konji su uzgajani i trenirani u istim uvjetima. Mjerenje rada srca provedeno je 60, 30 i 15 minuta te neposredno prije treninga, tijekom i nakon treninga (neposredno nakon, 5, 15, 30, 60, 90, 120 i 180 minuta). Konji su istim intenzitetom bili lonžirani, trenirani na traci za trčanje i skakali prepone u parkuru, u dva ponavljanja, uz nadzor jedne osobe, pri temperaturi od 20 do 25 °C u prvom i od 25 do 30 °C u drugom ponavljanju, a relativnoj vlazi zraka 60-70%. Na temelju dobivenih rezultata istraživanja može se zaključiti da povišene temperature okoline utječu na rad srca tijekom i neposredno nakon treninga. Daljnja istraživanja potrebno je proširiti i na utvrđivanje drugih fizičkih pokazatelja kondicije konja u različitim mikroklimatskim uvjetima., The aim of the study was to determine the effect of environmental temperature on heartbeat of 14 show jumping horses before, during and after training. The research was conducted on a private farm on Holstein stallions, and a breeding type Croatian sports horses. The horses were bred and trained in the same conditions. The measurements of heartbeat were taken before (60, 30 and 15 minutes and immediately before the training), during, as well as after the training (immediately after the training, 5, 15, 30, 60, 90 and 180 minutes). Horses had the same intensity of lunge, running track for horses and hurdle jumping in the parkour in the two repetitions at the temperature of 20-25 °C in the first and 25-30 °C in the second repetition, and relative humidity of 60-70%. Based on the research results it could be concluded that increased environmental temperatures affect the heartbeat of a show jumping horse during and immediately after the training. Further research should also include other physical indicators of horses’ condition under different microclimate conditions.