[en] Thirty-eight endurance horses underwent clinical and ancillary examinations, including haematological and biochemical evaluation, standardised exercise tests both on a treadmill and in the field, Doppler echocardiography, impulse oscillometry, video endoscopy and collection of respiratory fluids. All of the examined poorly performing horses were affected by subclinical diseases, and most of them had multiple concomitant disorders. On the contrary, the well-performing horses were free of any subclinical disease. The most frequently diagnosed diseases were respiratory disorders, followed by musculoskeletal and cardiac problems. Poor performers exhibited lower speeds at blood lactate concentration of 4 mmol/l (VLA4) and at heart rates of 160 (V160) and 200 bpm (V200) on the treadmill and in the field, as well as slower recovery of heart rate.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health Anatomy (cytology, histology, embryology...) & physiology
Author, co-author :
Fraipont, Audrey ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences fonctionnelles > Physiologie
Van Erck, Emmanuelle ; Equine Sports Medicine Centre, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University ofLiege, B-4000 Liege, Belgium
Ramery, Eve ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences fonctionnelles > Biochimie
Richard, E.; Frank Duncombe Laboratory, 14053 Caen CEDEX 4, France
Denoix, J.-M.; Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, CIRALE, UMR-INRA 957, 14430 Goustranville, France
Lekeux, Pierre ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences fonctionnelles > Physiologie
Art, Tatiana ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences fonctionnelles > Phys. neuro-muscul., de l'effort - Méd. sport. des animaux
Language :
English
Title :
Subclinical diseases underlying poor performance in endurance horses: diagnostic methods and predictive tests.
Publication date :
2011
Journal title :
Veterinary Record
ISSN :
0042-4900
eISSN :
2042-7670
Publisher :
British Veterinary Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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