The acute poorly performing sport horse : CESMAS 2008

The determination and management of performance-limitation in sport horses is very challenging, especially within a short time period before an important competition. In this book, experts disclose their experience on: what do we know about the poor performance horse? And on the gastrointestinal tract: medical, nutritional and surgical considerations; could it be the heart? Could it be the muscles? Monitoring orthopaedic health in competition horses; could it be the foot? Could it be neurological? Cases where physiotherapy helped to make a difference; And, could it be respiratory? Foreword Table of contents Articles What do we know about the poor performance horse? The gastrointestinal tract of performance horses: medical, nutritional and surgical considerations Sudden poor performance in the equine athlete: could it be the heart? Prevalence and clinical management of equine exertional rhabdomyolysis syndrome in different types of sport horses Monitoring orthopaedic health in competition horses The horse’s foot as a source of poor performance Could it be the foot? If yes, what can be done? Acquired neurological conditions of performance horses in the ‘peri-event period’ Specific cases where physiotherapy made an improvement in equine sport Poor performance: could it be caused by respiratory malfunction? Abstracts Effect of forage: concentrate ratio on acid-base balance and racing performance Training and competition follow-up in the field in young horses trained for three-day-eventing Cortisol response of therapeutic riding horses to hippotherapy and horse riding sessions The influences of overtraining on the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis in Standardbred horses The effect of overtraining and subsequent detraining on glucose metabolism and peripheral insulin sensitivity in Standardbred horses Circulating cortisol levels of Arab sport horses before and after gymkana riding events: effects of training state, gender and age Quantification of negative mental status of a horse during physical activity Serum cardiac troponin I and echocardiographic behavior of endurance horses in response to prolonged physical exercise Oxidative stress and exercise induced rhabdomyolysis in standardbred horses Treating the elite sports horse; can we determine withdrawal times from data available in the literature? The influence of exercise and training on plasma acylcarnitine profile of Standardbred horses