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Effect of increasing work rate on metabolic responses of the donkey (Equus asinus).
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7836149     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Oxygen consumption (VO2) and concentration of venous blood metabolites were measured in donkeys trained to run and to pull loads on a treadmill. VO2 in two donkeys running at maximal speed on a 9.8% slope was 110 +/- 2 ml.min-1.kg-1, approximately 22 times preexercise VO2. Average heart rate at maximal VO2 (VO2max) was 223 +/- 2 beats/min, five times the preexercise heart rate. Blood lactate increased 14-fold, and blood glucose did not change (P > 0.05). Animals running up a 4% incline and incremental draft loading of five donkeys walking on the level were also studied. The total energy cost of walking unloaded was 2.86 +/- 0.06 J.m-1.kg live wt-1. During low- to medium-intensity draft work for 25 min, glucose fell below preexercise values (P < 0.05), whereas plasma hematocrit and cortisol increased (P < 0.05). Blood lactate remained unchanged up to approximately 40% VO2 max but increased 170% at approximately 60% VO2max. The responses in donkeys are similar to those of exercising horses except for the rapid decline in blood glucose observed during low-intensity exercise and the lower lactate levels at both the high-intensity exercise and the apparent anaerobic threshold.
Authors:
P J Mueller; M T Jones; R E Rawson; P J van Soest; H F Hintz
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)     Volume:  77     ISSN:  8750-7587     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Appl. Physiol.     Publication Date:  1994 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1995-02-28     Completed Date:  1995-02-28     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8502536     Medline TA:  J Appl Physiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1431-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Blood Glucose / metabolism
Calorimetry
Energy Metabolism / physiology*
Female
Heart Rate / physiology
Hematocrit
Hydrocortisone / blood
Lactates / blood
Lactic Acid
Lactose / blood
Locomotion / physiology
Male
Oxygen Consumption / physiology*
Perissodactyla / metabolism*
Physical Exertion / physiology*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Blood Glucose; 0/Lactates; 50-21-5/Lactic Acid; 50-23-7/Hydrocortisone; 63-42-3/Lactose

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