Janczarek Iwona, Kędzierski Witold
Department of Horse Breeding and Use, University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland.
J Appl Anim Welf Sci. 2011;14(3):211-9. doi: 10.1080/10888705.2011.576960.
This study compared the physiological response to novel situations in sex-separated and sex-mixed groups of horses, as measured by heart rate (HR). The study evaluated the possibility of training horses in a mixed-sex system. The study included 41 Purebred Arabian 2½-year-olds during their first walk on an automated horse walker. Four groups, divided by manner of care and training, consisted of 10 colts and 10 fillies kept in separate stables and trained in separate male or female groups and 12 colts and 9 fillies kept in the same stable and trained together. The study measured HR when horses were at rest before exercise, while moving from stable to walker, during 30 min of exercise on walker, while moving from walker to stable, and at rest after exercise. Mean HR scores recorded from training on the walker were higher in sex-mixed groups. Results obtained while horses were moving from stable to walker, then from walker to stable, were significantly higher in the sex-mixed groups. The study did not recommend training young horses in sex-mixed groups.
本研究通过心率（HR）测量，比较了性别分开和性别混合的马群对新情况的生理反应。该研究评估了在混合性别系统中训练马匹的可能性。研究包括41匹纯种阿拉伯2.5岁马，它们首次在自动马步行器上行走。根据饲养和训练方式分为四组，其中10匹小公马和10匹小母马分别饲养在单独的马厩中，并分别在雄性或雌性组中训练，另外12匹小公马和9匹小母马饲养在同一马厩中并一起训练。研究测量了马匹在运动前休息时、从马厩移动到步行器时、在步行器上运动30分钟期间、从步行器移动到马厩时以及运动后休息时的心率。在步行器上训练记录的平均心率分数在性别混合组中较高。在马匹从马厩移动到步行器，然后从步行器移动到马厩时获得的结果，在性别混合组中显著更高。该研究不建议在性别混合组中训练幼马。
