ReviewInternational journal of biometeorology2023
Heat stress in horses: a literature review.
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- Review: Genomic insights into the adaptive traits and stress resistance in modern horses.Stress biology · 2026Review
- Ethological and clinical evaluation of the welfare of horses in draft competitions in Spain.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Environmental stress and stallion fertility: mechanistic insights, evidence gaps, and functional implications.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Review
- Long-Term Changes of Physiological Reactions in Young Lipizzan Stallions During Exercise Testing.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- The Effect of Ambient Temperature, Relative Humidity, and Temperature-Humidity Index on Stress Hormone and Inflammatory Response in Exercising Adult Standardbred Horses.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Local investigation into the role of Culicoides species diversity (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in recurrent horse dermatitis cases in southwest France.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Auditory enrichment on facial and physiological responses of Pantaneiro geldings and mares under short-term stress.PloS one · 2025Article
- Investigating the interplay of stressors and health in horses through fecal cortisol metabolite analysis.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Anaerobic gut fungal community in ostriches (ISME communications · 2025Article
- Editorial: Advances in the application of technology for monitoring horse welfare and health.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Omic technology to monitoring resilience and adaptation to exercise and heat stress in endurance horses.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- A laser-Engraved Wearable Electrochemical Sensing Patch for Heat Stress Precise Individual Management of Horse.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Hypothalamic Neuromodulation and Control of the Dermal Surface Temperature of Livestock during Hyperthermia.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Heat acclimation improves exercise performance in hot conditions and increases heat shock protein 70 and 90 of skeletal muscles in Thoroughbred horses.Physiological reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
Healthy adult horses can balance accumulation and dissipation of body heat to maintain their body temperature between 37.5 and 38.5 °C, when they are in their thermoneutral zone (5 to 25 °C). However, under some circumstances, such as following strenuous exercise under hot, or hot and humid conditions, the accumulation of body heat exceeds dissipation and horses can suffer from heat stress. Prolonged or severe heat stress can lead to anhidrosis, heat stroke, or brain damage in the horse. To ameliorate the negative effects of high heat load in the body, early detection of heat stress and immediate human intervention is required to reduce the horse's elevated body temperature in a timely manner. Body temperature measurement and deviations from the normal range are used to detect heat stress. Rectal temperature is the most commonly used method to monitor body temperature in horses, but other body temperature monitoring technologies, percutaneous thermal sensing microchips or infrared thermometry, are currently being studied for routine monitoring of the body temperature of horses as a more practical alternative. When heat stress is detected, horses can be cooled down by cool water application, air movement over the horse (e.g., fans), or a combination of these. The early detection of heat stress and the use of the most effective cooling methods is important to improve the welfare of heat stressed horses.
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