Some Clinical, Hematological and Biochemical Alterations in Endurance Horses After 40km Endurance Race

Ebrahim, Zeinab K.; Metwally, A. M.; Elshahawy, Ibrahim I.

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“…This agrees with Piccione et al (2010) who found that intensive training of athletic horses can lead to kidney dysfunction as indicated by a high level of serum urea. This also agrees with Ebrahim et al (2019) who found that an increased serum urea concentration can be attributed to the massive fluid loss due to sweating and subsequent reduction in the renal blood flow (Ebrahim, et al, 2019 ;Soroko, et al, 2019) Regarding serum level of uric acid, there was a significant difference between the pre and post GP and PP endurance horses in the present study. Plasma U-A has been considered a non-enzymatic antioxidant defense against oxidation during exercise (Adamu, et al, 2012).…”

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“…This research showed a slight increase in the level of Ca for the GP horses, whereas this level decreased for the PP horse group. This finding was also confirmed by Hassan et al (2015) and Ebrahim et al (2019) who found a decrease in the level of Ca and attributed it to the effect of calcitonin, which may decrease Ca concentration in addition to the loss of Ca through sweating during exercise.…”

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“…Adamu et al (2014) mentioned that a decreased in ƔGT activity could be associated with a decreased uptake of glucose by the skeletal muscle in endurance horses that showed poor performance. (Ebrahim, et al, 2019).…”

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Pre- and post -exercise variation of blood parameters on performance endurance horses: a first race study from Algeria

Chikhaoui

Fadhéla

Belalia

et al. 2023

J Hellenic Vet Med Soc

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This paper presents the first study conducted in Algeria to determine the pre and post-race hematological and biochemical parameters of horses of a 90 km endurance race for eliminated horses’ category and those who completed the races with good performance. This study was conducted on 15 endurance horses (10 Arabian Thoroughbred, 4 Arabian-Barb and 1 Barb). Nine (9) horses successfully completed the endurance race, whereas the other 6 were eliminated. Blood samples were collected from each animal before and after the end of the race. Whole blood samples were used for measuring the blood-biochemical parameters. Our results showed a significant increase in the hematological parameters (RBC, HB, Ht and MCV), the total leucocyte count, neutrophils and platelets for the group of horses who finished the race successfully. A significant decrease was noticed for the lymphocytes and eosinophils numbers while serum biochemical parameters showed a significant increase of Ca, TG, urea, U-A, AST and CK and a decrease of Mg, CHE, GLU and ƔGT. This study showed that, for the eliminated horses, there were significant changes in values of the total leucocytic count, lymphocytes, neutrophils, HB and Ht as compared to good performance horses. Serum biochemical parameters showed a significant increase of TG, U-A, AST and CK and a significant decrease of Ca, Mg, CHE and ƔGT. Most of the hemato-biochemical parameters of both the eliminated horses and those who completed the race successfully depicted significant differences. The results of this study suggested that biochemical findings could help identify horses with an increased risk of developing metabolic alterations before their elimination during competitive endurance races of different distances. Therefore, proper management protocols, standard feeding and watering with proper preparation of animals before the race could prevent electrolytes imbalance and pathological affections during racing.

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Pre- and post -exercise variation of blood parameters on performance endurance horses: a first race study from Algeria

Chikhaoui

Fadhéla

Belalia

et al. 2023

J Hellenic Vet Med Soc

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“…Creatinine may originate from the muscles [53][54][55][56], as creatinine is a side product of an energy-providing reaction in the muscles. McKeever et al [57] and Hinchcliff et al [58] found that the glomerular filtration rate and filtration fraction do not change in horses during submaximal exercise.…”

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Blood-Based Markers for Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle Function in Eventing Horses before and after Cross-Country Rides and How They Are Influenced by Plasma Volume Shift

Giers,

Bartel,

Kirsch

et al. 2023

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Horses competing in cross-country tests are subjected to high physical demands. Within the scope of this prospective longitudinal study, blood values of 20 elite eventing horses were examined before and after two- to four-star cross-country rides. The aim was to find out whether blood-based markers for skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle function change after cross-country exercise. Parameters that provide information about fluid balance, muscle enzymes, metabolites and cardiac muscle-specific markers were investigated. We developed an approach to eliminate the concentration changes caused by reduced plasma volume. Parameters were measured pre, 10 and 30 min post exercise and the next morning and were evaluated using a mixed model. Thirty minutes after exercise, most parameter concentrations changed in an exercise-dependent manner. The next morning, most exercise-related markers recovered rapidly, while creatine kinase (CK) (26% increase; p = 0.008) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) (15% increase; p < 0.001) showed a declining but sustained increase. Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) increased above the reference range in 40 of the 55 rides (73%) and in 18 of 20 horses in the morning after exercise.

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Some Clinical, Hematological and Biochemical Alterations in Endurance Horses After 40km Endurance Race

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Pre- and post -exercise variation of blood parameters on performance endurance horses: a first race study from Algeria

Pre- and post -exercise variation of blood parameters on performance endurance horses: a first race study from Algeria

Blood-Based Markers for Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle Function in Eventing Horses before and after Cross-Country Rides and How They Are Influenced by Plasma Volume Shift

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