FISIOLOGIA DO EXERCÍCIO EM EQUINOS

Abstract

The exercise physiology studies the physiological and biochemical responses of the horse during and after exercise. In order to start the exercise and to occur the muscle contraction it’s necessary fuel for the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and it’s essential the maintenance of this fuels for reorganization of the cycle, occurring through metabolic processes that vary depending on the intensity and duration of exercise, possible to occur the synthesis of ATP through anaerobic respiration through an immediate substrate such as creatine phosphate (CP) or the glucose through glycolysis, or, occurs with aerobic respiration through the glucose involving the Kreb's Citric Acid Cycle, although those mechanisms produce metabolites that may result in a performance decrease. During these processes also occur physiological changes in an attempt to restore the animal parameters. Thus, this work had the intention of reviewing all these changes, and describes the physiological needs for the conduction of the exercises in equine species.