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Table 3 Rectal and tail skin temperatures in three horses subjected to different treatments on five consecutive days and exercising outdoors

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

Treatment

Rectal temperature °C

Skin tail temperature °C

Before

Recovery

Before

Recovery

Unclipped

37.4 ± 0.2

38.0 ± 0.3*

30.9 ± 1.6

32.9 ± 2.4

Unclipped1

37.4 ± 0.2

38.2 ± 0.6*

31.1 ± 1.0

34.5 ± 1.2*

Half-clipped

37.5 ± 0.2

38.1 ± 0.4

30.4 ± 1.1

33.4 ± 0.9*

Clipped

37.6 ± 0.2

37.8 ± 0.4

29.6 ± 1.2

32.1 ± 1.8*#

Clipped2

37.6 ± 0.1

37.8 ± 0.3

29.7 ± 0.5

33.5 ± 1.3*

  1. Mean ± SD of two samples before and six samples after (recovery) exercise.
  2. 1 Winter coat and blanket during recovery.
  3. 2 Coat clipped and riding blanket followed by blanket during recovery.
  4. *p < 0.05 – 0.001 vs. before exercise, and # p < 0.05 -0.01 vs. treatment “Unclipped”.
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

ISSN: 1751-0147