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J Appl Physiol 78: 654-662, 1995;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 78, Issue 2 654-662, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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Ventilation and carbon dioxide exchange in exercising horses: effect of inspired oxygen fraction

N. Pelletier and D. E. Leith
Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506, USA.

Thoroughbred horses (TB) have no ventilatory response to added CO2 during near-maximal exercise. To see whether that reflects mechanical limits to ventilation or the control of breathing, we examined the effects of varying inspired O2 fraction (0.16, 0.21, or 0.30) in five normal TB standing quietly and galloping at 10 and 14 m/s on a level treadmill. We measured gas exchange (O2 consumption and CO2 production) and ventilation with a flow-through mask system. We also measured PO2, PCO2, and O2 contents in arterial and mixed venous blood and calculated cardiac output by using the Fick equation. Low inspired O2 fraction (0.16 vs. 0.21) had significant effects in TB galloping at 14 m/s. Arterial PO2 then was 38 Torr compared with 56 Torr for horses on air. Tidal volume and minute ventilation were 20% greater than their corresponding values on air, which were 12 liters and 1,475 l/min, respectively, whereas respiratory frequency did not change. O2 consumption and CO2 production were unchanged, but alveolar ventilation was 6% greater, despite increased alveolar and physiological dead spaces, so arterial PCO2 was lower (45 vs. 50 Torr on air). Thus, hypoxia was an effective stimulus to breathing, and minute ventilation was not mechanically limited in TB breathing air at the speeds studied.


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