Effects of initial handling and training on autonomic nervous function in young Thoroughbreds
Effects of initial handling and training on autonomic nervous function in young Thoroughbreds
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DOI:
10.2460/ajvr.2002.63.1488
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发表时间:
2002-11-01
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1
通讯作者:
Tsubone, H
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作者:
Ohmura, H;Hiraga, A;Tsubone, H
Objective-To determine the effects of initial handling and training on autonomic nervous functions in young Thoroughbreds.Animals-63 healthy Thoroughbreds.Procedure-All horses were trained to be handled and initially ridden in September of the yearling year and then trained until the following April by conventional training regimens. To obtain the heart rate (HR), electrocardiograms were recorded in the stable before initial handling and training and following 7 months of training; variations in HR were then evaluated from the power spectrum in terms of the low frequency (LF; 0.01 to 0.07 Hz) power and high frequency (NF; 0.07 to 0.6 Hz) power as indices of autonomic nervous activity. To evaluate the fitness, the V-200 (velocity at HR of 200 beat/min), which is reflective of the aerobic capacity of the horse, was measured.Results-Mean ( SE) resting HR decreased significantly from 41.5 +/- 0.8 to 38.7 +/- 0.4 beat/min following 7 months of training. The LF power of horses increased significantly from 1,037 +/- 128 milliseconds(2) in September of the yearling year to 2,944 +/- 223 milliseconds(2) in the following April. Similarly, the HF power increased significantly from 326 +/- 30 milliseconds(2) to 576 +/- 39 milliseconds(2) at the corresponding time points. The V-200 increased significantly following training.Conclusions and Clinical Relevance-Increases in LF and HF powers indicate that parasympathetic nervous activity increases in horses by 7 months of training. The decrease in resting HR may be dependent on the training-induced increase of parasympathetic nervous activity in Thoroughbreds.