INFLUENCE OF “VAQUEJADA” COMPETITIONS ON STRESS PARAMETERS IN EQUINES

Authors

  • Kátia Regina Freire Lopes Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-árido (UFERSA)
  • Jael Soares Batista Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-árido (UFERSA)
  • Regina Valéria da Cunha Dias Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-árido (UFERSA)
  • Benito Soto-Blanco Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-árido (UFERSA)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v10i2.962

Keywords:

Sanidade Animal

Abstract

The present study aimed to evaluate some stress parameters of horses submitted to competitions of “vaquejada” and inherent to ambient conditions of these places of competition. The experiment was carried out in the city of Mossoró-RN, using ten crossbred Quarter Horses, six females and four castrated males, aging from six to eleven years, body weight from 358 to 450 kg and height of 135 to 150 cm. Blood samples were collected at two moments: in the bay, in the morning with animals at rest (M1), the second immediately after race “vaquejada” (M2). The heart rate, the respiratory frequency and the retal temperature were evaluated immediately before the blood collections. All the clinical and biochemical parameters presented significant difference (P <0.05) between the evaluated moments, except total proteins and creatin kinase. All hemogram parameters, except mean corpuscular volume and number of eosinophils and monocytes, were also affected. Thus, it is feasible to suggest that equines evaluated during the “vaquejada” presented physical, biochemical and hematological alterations in result of stress associated with physical exercise, lack of a routine adjusted by training, and inhospitable ambient conditions “vaquejada” locales.

KEY WORDS: Animal welfare, horses, sports.

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Author Biographies

Kátia Regina Freire Lopes, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-árido (UFERSA)

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Animal

Jael Soares Batista, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-árido (UFERSA)

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Animal

Benito Soto-Blanco, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-árido (UFERSA)

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Animal

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Published

2009-07-03

How to Cite

LOPES, K. R. F.; BATISTA, J. S.; DIAS, R. V. da C.; SOTO-BLANCO, B. INFLUENCE OF “VAQUEJADA” COMPETITIONS ON STRESS PARAMETERS IN EQUINES. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 10, n. 2, p. 538–543, 2009. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v10i2.962. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/962. Acesso em: 27 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2009)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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