Equine sweating responses to submaximal exercise during 21 days of heat acclimation

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1843-1851

  McCutcheon, Laura Jill ^a   Geor, Raymond J ^a   Ecker, Gayle L ^b   Lindinger, Michael I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chloride; Incompensable heat stress; Potassium; Sodium; Sweat; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; ELECTROLYTE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HORSE; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SWEAT; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION; TREADMILL;

EID: 0032733201     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.87.5.1843     Document Type: Article

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