Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.33128/k.59.1.1
EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE ON HEARTBEAT OF SHOW JUMPING HORSES DURING TRAINING
Maja Gregić
orcid.org/0000-0001-7495-6329
; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta J.J. Strossmayer u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Mirjana Baban
; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta J.J. Strossmayera u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Stjepan Gregić
; Belje Remont d.o.o., Osječka 4, Beli Manastir
Tina Bobić
; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta J.J. Strossmayer u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Pero Mijić
; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta J.J. Strossmayer u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Boris Antunović
; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta J.J. Strossmayer u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Vesna Gantner
; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta J.J. Strossmayer u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Abstract
The aim of the study was to determine the effect of environmental temperature on heartbeat of 14 show jumping horses before, during and after training. The research was conducted on a private farm on Holstein stallions, and a breeding type Croatian sports horses. The horses were bred and trained in the same conditions. The measurements of heartbeat were taken before (60, 30 and 15 minutes and immediately before the training), during, as well as after the training (immediately after the training, 5, 15, 30, 60, 90 and 180 minutes). Horses had the same intensity of lunge, running track for horses and hurdle jumping in the parkour in the two repetitions at the temperature of 20-25 °C in the first and 25-30 °C in the second repetition, and relative humidity of 60-70%. Based on the research results it could be concluded that increased environmental temperatures affect the heartbeat of a show jumping horse during and immediately after the training. Further research should also include other physical indicators of horses’ condition under different microclimate conditions.
Keywords
heart rate; training; show jumping horse; microclimate
Hrčak ID:
187204
URI
Publication date:
5.10.2017.
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