EQUINE PERFORMANCE TESTING CENTER

• Sponsoring Institution: Cooperating Schools of Veterinary Medicine
• Project Status: EXTENDED
• Funding Source: STATE
• Reporting Frequency: Annual
• Accession No.: 0137062
• Project Start Date: Aug 1, 1988
• Project End Date: Dec 31, 2009
• Program Code: [(N/A)]- (N/A)

Recipient Organization
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
(N/A)
ITHACA,NY 14853

Performing Department
CLINICAL SCIENCE

Non Technical Summary
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Animal Health Component

(N/A)

Research Effort Categories

Basic

100%

Applied

(N/A)

Developmental

(N/A)

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
311	3810	1020	100%

Knowledge Area
311 - Animal Diseases;

Subject Of Investigation
3810 - Horses, ponies, and mules;

Field Of Science
1020 - Physiology;

Keywords

horses

exercise

animal physiology

performance evaluation

testing

testing equipment

animal testing

performance testing

pulmonary system

ventilation

disease control

respiratory diseases

lameness

cardiovascular diseases

physical fitness

Goals / Objectives
We propose to establish a Performance Testing Center to evaluate diseases and conditions affecting performance and racing animals, primarily horses. The cornerstone of the Performance Testing Center will be a high speed treadmill capable of speeds of up to 35 miles per hour. Four major areas of study in the Performance Testing Center are planned: Respiratory diseases (breathing problems); Lameness and gait analysis; Fitness and performance testing; Cardiovascular disease.

Project Methods
A SATO (Swedish make) high speed equine treadmill will be purchased and installed to permit clinical and experimental studies of horses in motion. Physiologic monitoring, such as ECG, endoscopy, pulmonary compliance, ventilatory volumes, airflow rates and resistances will be determined in normal and diseased horses.