Stress Response of Three-year-old Horse Mares to Changes in Husbandry System During Initial Equestrian Training

Erber, R.; Wulf, Manuela; Aurich, Jörg; Rose-Meierhöfer, Sandra; Hoffmann, Gundula; Lewinski, Mareike von; Möstl, Erich; Aurich, Christine

doi:10.1016/j.jevs.2013.04.008

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“…Other factors such as painful stimulation, water or food deprivation, contraction restriction or immobilizers [117], stabling and isolation [28,73], weaning [118] or social stress [12] have also been linked to elevation in CORT levels. Leal et al [119] showed that horses stabled in the urban environment were in a state of stress.…”

Section: Other Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Action Mechanisms and Pathophysiological Characteristics of Cortisol in Horses

Ambrojo¹,

Corzano²,

Poggi³

2018

Corticosteroids

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Cortisol (CORT), also known as stress hormone, plays a vital role in physiological processes such as electrolyte and fluid balance, cardiovascular homeostasis, carbohydrate, protein and lipid metabolism, immune and inflammatory responses, and sexual development and reproduction. Cortisol levels are influenced by various physiological factors such as race, age, circadian rhythm, seasonality, exercise and pregnancy. Also, some stressful conditions including isolation or transport, among others, modify levels of this hormone in the body. Excesses or deficiencies of cortisol cause important clinical problems such as Cushing's and Addison's syndromes, which contribute substantially to morbidity in equine medicine. Thus, in this review, we will develop the mechanisms of synthesis and regulation, as well as the physiological factors involved and the most important diseases related to the alteration of cortisol secretion in horses and foals.

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Section: Other Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Action Mechanisms and Pathophysiological Characteristics of Cortisol in Horses

Ambrojo¹,

Corzano²,

Poggi³

2018

Corticosteroids

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“…Heart rate variability, referring to the changes in beat to beat heart rate measured over a period of a RR-interval recording (tachogram) [8,9], has been proven as a valid method to assess stress in humans [8] and animals [10], including horses [5,6,[11][12][13][14], pigs [15,16], sheep and goats [17][18][19], cattle [20,21], poultry [22], and dogs [23,24]. Studies in humans showed that standardization of methodology is important to assure inter-and intra-study repeatability of HRV measurements [25][26][27][28][29].…”

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Repeatability and Reliability of Heart Rate Variability in Healthy, Adult Pony Mares

Vollenhoven

Grant

Fletcher

et al. 2016

Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

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“…Donkeys were kept in the respective housing systems for at least 2 months before sampling started, and were thus accustomed to their environment. This protocol made sure that acute stress due to the change of environment was excluded (Erber et al., ). It might be possible that an effect of season was also present, as in horses salivary cortisol was higher in December compared to February (Aurich et al., ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In contrast, semen preservation for artificial insemination implies a different reproductive management of males, keeping them in single boxes to reduce the occurrence of injuries and for sanitary reasons (Burger et al., ). Confinement stress has been studied in a variety of farm animals; however, less attention has been paid to its effects in equids (Erber et al., ; Harewood & McGowan, ). In stallions, manipulation of socio‐sexual conditions may result also in an extremely wide variation of testosterone concentrations, sexual behaviour and aggressive behaviour (Aurich et al., ; McDonnell & Murray, ).…”

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Effect of housing system on reproductive behaviour and on some endocrinological and seminal parameters of donkey stallions

Rota

Sgorbini

Panzani

et al. 2017

Reprod Domestic Animals

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Reproductive management of male donkeys employed for artificial breeding has been poorly studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of housing system, with the animals grouped together in a paddock or kept in individual boxes, on sexual behaviour, cortisol and testosterone concentration and seminal characteristics of adult male donkeys. The study included four Amiata donkey jacks (stallions) from which ejaculates, saliva and blood were collected during two distinct 3 weeks periods, one in the group and one in the box housing system. Time needed for semen collection was shorter when donkeys were kept in paddocks compared to when they were kept in single boxes (14:57 ± 07:27 and 20:52 ± 09:31 min, p < .05). Native semen characteristics were not influenced by housing system, while cooled preservation in an Equitainer showed that sperm motility parameters were significantly higher during the paddock period compared to the box period. Salivary cortisol was influenced by housing system, both before and 60 min after ejaculation, being statistically higher when donkeys were housed in paddocks. On the contrary, overall and basal testosterone concentrations were significantly higher when animals were kept in boxes. In conclusion, in the present study, good quality semen could be successfully collected from donkeys irrespective of the housing system despite some differences in hormone concentrations.

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Stress Response of Three-year-old Horse Mares to Changes in Husbandry System During Initial Equestrian Training

Cited by 27 publications

References 33 publications

Action Mechanisms and Pathophysiological Characteristics of Cortisol in Horses

Action Mechanisms and Pathophysiological Characteristics of Cortisol in Horses

Repeatability and Reliability of Heart Rate Variability in Healthy, Adult Pony Mares

Effect of housing system on reproductive behaviour and on some endocrinological and seminal parameters of donkey stallions

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