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Table 1 Weather on the days when three horses, subjected to different treatments on five consecutive days, were exercising outdoors

From: Temperature regulation in horses during exercise and recovery in a cool environment

Day

Treatment

Temperature (°C)

Relative humidity (%), precipitation*

Wind speed (m/sec), direction*

  

Indoor

Outdoor

  

1

Unclipped

1.6

– 2.0 ± 0.2

99 ± 0; Light snowing

3 ± 2, east

2

Unclipped, Blanket #

2.2

– 6.4 ± 0.6

95 ± 2; Irregular snowing

0 ± 1, southeast

3

Half-clipped

-

−1.1 ± 0.4

99 ± 0; Rain-snow

2.5 ± 1, south

4

Clipped

2.8

– 6.9 ± 0.2

91 ± 1; Irregular snowing

1 ± 1, northwest

5

Clipped, Blankets ##

0.6

– 8.7 ± 1.7

91 ± 6; Light snowing

1.7 ± 1, north

  1. Mean ± SD. *Courtesy of Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Sweden.
  2. # fleece blanket after exercise, ##, riding blanket and fleece blanket after exercise.
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

ISSN: 1751-0147