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Status: | Pågående |
Projektnummer: | R-22-47-700 |
Kategori: | Research program | Horse |
Ansökningsår: | 2022 |
Huvudsökande: | Miia Riihimäki |
Organisation: | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
E-postadress: | Miia.Riihimaki@slu.se |
Telefon: | 0706905107 |
Medsökande: | null null |
Medsökande: | Nils Fall |
Human athletes that perform strenuous exercise in cold climates have a high prevalence of chronic airway inflammation and airway hyper-reactivity. Cold weather exercise can also cause inflammation in equine airways. The Swedish Animal Welfare Act and the equine sport industry have regulations for animal welfare for training during adverse weather. However there are no scientific studies that can be used for recommendations for working horses during winter in Nordic climates The aim of this project is to examine whether cold weather exercise induces harmful inflammation of the horse’s airways. Deeper understanding of airway response to the cold weather exercise in the horse can be obtained by comparing inflammatory markers sampled from horses trained in different outdoor temperatures. By understanding how the cold weather exercise affects equine airways, we can provide scientifically based recommendations and regulations for training horses in cold environment during winter conditions.
Luftvägsproblem hos häst är efter hältor är den vanligaste orsaken för veterinärundersökning. Humanidrottare som regelbundet tränar och tävlar vid kallt väder visar oftare astmalikande symptom. Med moderna undersökningstekniker har forskarna hittat indikationer att hästens luftvägar kan påverkas av arbete i kall luft. Det finns ett stort behov att med modern teknologi undersöka om träning i kyla utsätter hästar för luftvägsproblem som kan anses som lidande eller prestationsnedsättande för djuren. I projektet insamlas och analyseras kliniskt data samt provmaterial från hästar tränas i en rullmatta vid olika rumstemperaturer. Syftet med studien är att undersöka om, och i vilken grad, tävling och träning i kall luft påverkar hästens luftvägar samt om detta kan orsaka lidande eller nedsatt prestation för hästen. Studien syftar också till att få fram måste vetenskapligt underbyggda rekommendationer och temperaturgränser för träning och tävling av hästar i extrema vädeförhållanden.
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