Ostermeier Sabina, Palme Rupert, Vervuert Ingrid, Glomm Barbara, Feige Karsten, Macho-Maschler Sabine, König von Borstel Uta, Venner Monica
Equine Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover, 30559 Hanover, Germany.
Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Biological Sciences and Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, 1210 Vienna, Austria.
Animals (Basel). 2024 Nov 19;14(22):3332. doi: 10.3390/ani14223332.
In this study, gastroscopy was performed twice in 31 two-year-old Thoroughbred racehorses in training. Salivary cortisol (SC) and fecal cortisol metabolite (FCM) concentrations were determined to measure the stress impact. One gastroscopy was performed at the beginning and one six months later at the end of the horses' first training season. According to the Wilcoxon signed rank test, a mild but significant increase of SC (1st gastroscopy: = 0.0045, 2nd gastroscopy: < 0.0001) and FCM (1st gastroscopy: < 0.0001, 2nd gastroscopy: = 0.0006) values after gastroscopy compared to basal values was detected.
在本研究中，对31匹处于训练阶段的两岁纯种赛马进行了两次胃镜检查。测定唾液皮质醇（SC）和粪便皮质醇代谢物（FCM）浓度以衡量应激影响。一次胃镜检查在开始时进行，另一次在六个月后的第一个训练赛季结束时进行。根据Wilcoxon符号秩检验，与基础值相比，胃镜检查后SC（第一次胃镜检查：= 0.0045，第二次胃镜检查：< 0.0001）和FCM（第一次胃镜检查：< 0.0001，第二次胃镜检查：= 0.0006）值有轻微但显著的升高。
