BODY COMPOSITION IN WORKING HORSES

Authors

  • Jose Mario Girão Abreu Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE), Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil
  • Hélio Cordeiro Manso Filho Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
  • Helena Emília Cavalcanti da Costa Cordeiro Manso Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil

Keywords:

Horse production

Abstract

Determination of fat-free mass and fat mass in working horses may contribute to understanding the effects of training of these groups of horses. Also it could be used to improve the well-being of horses. The objective of this research was to evaluate the body composition of three different groups of horses (patrol [SER, n=18]; event [HIP, n=19]; inactive [INO, n=14]), submitted to a similar nutritional program but with different exercise level. It were evaluated the corporal mass, fat-free mass, fat mass, fat thickness, body score and age. And, to determine the body composition it was used the evaluation of body mass in association with fat thickness at rump by ultrasonography. The body mass, fat-free mass and age showed differences between groups (P<0,05). The INO had small fat-free mass (255.2±12.7 kg) when compared with SER (294.5±10.0 kg) and HIP (310.9±9.5 kg). The body mass of INO (297.3±14.1 kg) was smaller than body mass in HIP (354.3±10.5 kg) but was similar to the body mass in SER (339.0±11.0 kg). The INO was older (~20 years old) and HIP was younger (~7.5 years old). In conclusion, exercise level promoted differences on size of fat-free mass, however did not produce differences in fat mass, percentage of fat and body score. It was not observed relationship between age and fat –free mass.
Key words: Body composition, equine, exercise, fat-free mass.

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2009-12-17

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ABREU, J. M. G.; FILHO, H. C. M.; MANSO, H. E. C. da C. C. BODY COMPOSITION IN WORKING HORSES. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 10, n. 4, p. 1122–1127, 2009. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/5709. Acesso em: 3 apr. 2025.

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Vol. 10 No. 4 (2009)

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Animal Production

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