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Effects of exercise on maternal and foetal heart rate in pregnant mares

in Comparative Exercise Physiology
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R.C. Causey Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences and the Maine Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04 469-5735, USA

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R.A. Lehnhard Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences and the Maine Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04 469-5735, USA
Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04 469-5766, USA

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K.A. Finucane Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences and the Maine Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04 469-5735, USA

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T.M. Oliver Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences and the Maine Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04 469-5735, USA

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Online-Publikationsdatum:
01 Nov 2005

Abstract

Pregnant mares are often removed from work during gestation. However, little is known about the effects of exercise on the pregnant mare and her foetus. In the present study, maternal and foetal heart rates were monitored by electrocardiography before and after exercise in four equine pregnancies (days 250–285). Exercise consisted of lungeing mares in 20 m circles for 5, 10 and 20 min. Following exercise, significant increases in maternal heart rate were detected (P < 0.0001) but not in foetal heart rate (P = 0.4331). All mares gave birth to normal foals uneventfully. While these findings suggest that moderate exercise of the pregnant mare does not appear to be harmful to the equine foetus, data are insufficient to draw conclusions. A larger, more controlled study is necessary.

Titel:
Effects of exercise on maternal and foetal heart rate in pregnant mares
Artikelkategorie:
Other
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1079/ECP200571
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
225–228
Keywords:
equine; foetus; exercise; electrocardiography; pregnancy
Quelltitel:
Comparative Exercise Physiology
Band/Ausgabe:
Band 2: Ausgabe 4
Received:
03 Aug 2005
Accepted:
01 Oct 2005
Verleger:
Wageningen Academic
eISSN:
1755-2559
Print ISSN:
1755-2540
Fachgebiete:
Allgemein, Biowissenschaften, Ernährung und Gesundheit, Tiere und Veterinärmedizin

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