Title |
A prospective study on a cohort of horses and ponies selected for participation in the European Eventing Championship: reasons for withdrawal and predictive value of fitness tests
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Published in |
BMC Veterinary Research, September 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1746-6148-9-182 |
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Authors |
CarolienCBM Munsters, Jan van den Broek, Emile Welling, René van Weeren, MarianneM Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan |
Abstract |
Eventing is generally recognized as a challenging equestrian discipline and wastage figures for this discipline are relatively high. There is a need for information that provides insight into the causes of wastage and withdrawal from competition, for animal welfare and economic reasons. The aim of the present investigation was to conduct a prospective study following the entire national selection of event horses (n = 20) and ponies (n = 9) in the Netherlands that prepared for the European Championship in 2010 (ponies) and 2011 (horses), noting causes of withdrawal and monitoring fitness using standardized exercise tests (SETs), with heart rate (HR; beats/min), speed (V; m/s) and plasma lactate concentrations (LA; mmol/L) as measured parameters. |
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Austria | 1 | 1% |
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Student > Master | 14 | 15% |
Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 9% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 7% |
Other | 5 | 5% |
Other | 16 | 17% |
Unknown | 22 | 24% |
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Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 18 | 20% |
Sports and Recreations | 7 | 8% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 3% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 2% |
Other | 9 | 10% |
Unknown | 28 | 30% |