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J Appl Physiol 63: 12-19, 1987;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 63, Issue 1 12-19, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Metabolic response to maximal exercise of 800 and 2,000 m in the thoroughbred horse

R. C. Harris, D. J. Marlin and D. H. Snow

To define the metabolic response to maximal exercise in the thoroughbred horse under field conditions, muscle biopsies and venous blood samples were taken from five horses after a single 800-m gallop and from four horses after a single 2,000-m gallop. Muscle and blood samples were also collected during 60 min of recovery. After exercise muscle ATP contents were decreased by 30 +/- 7 (SD) and 47 +/- 3% after the 800- and 2,000-m gallops, respectively. As indicators of purine catabolism, ammonia and uric acid increased in plasma, the accumulation being greater after the 2,000-m gallop. Blood ammonia peaked immediately after exercise and uric acid after 40-60 min of recovery. Muscle glycogen utilization over the 800- and 2,000-m gallops averaged 2.68 +/- 0.90 and 1.06 +/- 0.12 mmol glucosyl units.kg dry muscle-1.s-1, respectively, and the total used amounted to 27.3 +/- 6.6 and 32.5 +/- 8.8% of the initial store. Muscle lactate accumulation averaged 123.5 +/- 49.7 and 167.3 +/- 20.7 mmol/kg dry muscle, respectively, and declined during recovery with half times of 22.9 +/- 4.2 and 18.9 +/- 6.6 min. Blood lactate peaked 5-10 min after exercise. Exercise resulted in only a small increase in muscle glycerol content, but this continued to rise during recovery reaching 9-12 mmol/kg dry muscle after 20 min. During this time the increase in muscle glycerol content exactly matched the decline in glycerol 3-phosphate.


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