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J Appl Physiol 77: 1431-1438, 1994;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 77, Issue 3 1431-1438, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of increasing work rate on metabolic responses of the donkey (Equus asinus)

P. J. Mueller, M. T. Jones, R. E. Rawson, P. J. van Soest and H. F. Hintz
Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853.

Oxygen consumption (VO2) and concentration of venous blood metabolites were measured in donkeys trained to run and to pull loads on a treadmill. VO2 in two donkeys running at maximal speed on a 9.8% slope was 110 +/- 2 ml.min-1.kg-1, approximately 22 times preexercise VO2. Average heart rate at maximal VO2 (VO2max) was 223 +/- 2 beats/min, five times the preexercise heart rate. Blood lactate increased 14-fold, and blood glucose did not change (P > 0.05). Animals running up a 4% incline and incremental draft loading of five donkeys walking on the level were also studied. The total energy cost of walking unloaded was 2.86 +/- 0.06 J.m-1.kg live wt-1. During low- to medium-intensity draft work for 25 min, glucose fell below preexercise values (P < 0.05), whereas plasma hematocrit and cortisol increased (P < 0.05). Blood lactate remained unchanged up to approximately 40% VO2 max but increased 170% at approximately 60% VO2max. The responses in donkeys are similar to those of exercising horses except for the rapid decline in blood glucose observed during low-intensity exercise and the lower lactate levels at both the high-intensity exercise and the apparent anaerobic threshold.


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