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- Title
Plasma adropin in exercised horses: a pilot study.
- Authors
Kowalik, Sylwester; Kédzierski, Witold; Janczarek, Iwona; Wilk, Izabela
- Abstract
The role of adropin on energy metabolism in horses is still not fully known. We aimed to evaluate the effect of exercise on blood plasma adropin concentrations in horses. A total of 28 horses were included in the study. Twenty three-year-old purebred Arabian horses were involved in race training and eight Polish Konik stallions aged five to ten years were used as draft horses. The race horses were investigated both during the gallop at a speed 6–7m/s and 10–12m/s. The draft horses worked in harness at a speed of 1.6m/s. Blood samples were collected at four instances: during rest, immediately post-exercise, and then 30 minutes and five hours after the end of exercise. Plasma adropin and lactate concentrations (LA) were assessed. Only the intensive exercise significantly reduced the circulating level of adropin when compared with pre-exercise values (p=0.001). Plasma adropin concentration was significantly reduced in response to high-intensive exercise.
- Subjects
PLASMA cells; ENERGY metabolism; HORSES; GALLOPING; LACTATES
- Publication
Pferdeheilkunde, 2017, Vol 33, Issue 6, p585
- ISSN
0177-7726
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21836/PEM20170606