Padrão de variação termográfica em regiões musculares e articulares de equinos competidores de vaquejada

Abstract

The vaquejada is an equestrian sport that demands adequate physical conditioning of the animal. Due mainly to the northeastern region of the country, the animals often encounter adverse climatic conditions. Climatic factors are stress promoters and induce a physiological response in the animal to maintain homeostasis. Since body chemical reactions depend on temperature. In addition, hyperthermia is a possible cause mechanism for horses to have fatigue. One of the uses of thermography is to assist the physiological evaluation of the horse, since it has the capacity to analyze if thermoregulation is efficient through the study of the athlete's superficial temperature. In addition, the study of the physiology of equine exercise also subsidizes the good horse industry for the cowgirl, leaving behind practices that were based exclusively on empiricism.