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Correlazione tra performance e parametri di fitness dopo test di sforzo su treadmill e in pista in cavalli trottatori
No full textEffect of Oleuropein on Glycemia in Dogs
No full textNatural polyphenols have long attracted growing interest for their beneficial effects on human health. Oleuropein, present in olive leaves and oil drupes, is one of the main phenolic compounds recently studied. Among the various nutraceutical properties of oleuropein, its hypoglycemic power has found wide interest in human medicine. At present, the potential hypoglycemic effect of oleuropein in dogs has not yet been evaluated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of oleuropein on glycemia in dogs. The study was carried out on 10 clinically healthy dogs. Subjects received for two weeks a nutritional supplement containing oleuropein at the dose of 2 mg/kg body wt/day. Prior to administration of the supplement and at the end of each week the postprandial glycemic curve was evaluated after administration of a carbohydrate-only meal (6 g starch/kg body wt). For the evaluation of the glycemic curve a rapid test (Pic GlucoTest) on capillary blood was used. Glycemia was evaluated on a fasting basis (T0) and after the meal at 30 (T30), 60 (T60), 90 (T90) and 120 (T120) minutes. Despite the short period of oleuropein administration, the results showed low blood glucose values and the tendency towards early stabilization even in the absence of statistical significance. Furthermore, a statistical significant effect of breed was found. These results certainly stimulate to continue the investigations with higher dosages and/or with prolonged administration in diabetic dogs as well
Correlation of racing performance with fitness parameters after exercise tests on treadmill and on track in Standardbred racehorses
No full textFitness parameters of racehorses were investigated after standardized exercise tests on treadmill and on track, and correlated with race-time. Twenty Standardbred trotters were divided into two groups (A and B) based on the time recorded during five national competitions carried out before the test. Five horses of group A were tested on a treadmill 3.5% slope and 5 horses were tested on a flat sandy track. The same procedure was carried out for group B horses. VLa4 (speed producing a lactate concentration of 4 mmol/L) and VLal (speed at which the mean variation of lactate was 0.2 mmol/L for an increasing velocity of 1 m/s) of group A and B were compared. The data of this investigation confirmed that different test protocols cannot be easily compared. VLa4 and VLal obtained with both tests seem however to be useful parameters to evaluate fitness in trotters
Alimentazione del cavallo atleta: importanza dell'equilibrio acido-basico" (seconda parte)
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