Effect of supplementation with avocado oil (Persea americana Mill) on body surface temperature of horses before and after exercise on treadmill

• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho, M. G. [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Akutagawa, T. Y.M. [UNESP], Nitta, T. Y. [UNESP], Mazzante, N. M.G. [UNESP], Silva, J. R.B. [UNESP], Santarosa, B. P. [UNESP], Rodrigues, C. A. [UNESP], Hussni, C. A. [UNESP], Alves, A. L.G. [UNESP], Watanabe, M. J. [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-4162-11169; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/205674
• topic: avocado; lipid metabolism; supplement; thermography; thermoregulation

Eight equines were distributed in a randomized crossover design, one control group (CG) without supplementation and another group supplemented (SG) with avocado oil for a period of six weeks. At the end of the sixth week, the animals were submitted to standard exercise test (SET) and after seven days to the low intensity test (LIT). After the first cycle, there was a 30-day washout rest period to exchange groups for the second cycle, which followed the protocol of the first one. Thermoregulation was evaluated based on rectal temperature and body surface temperature of 15 regions of interest obtained by thermography. Rectal temperature and thermographic images were obtained before, one minute and 15 minutes after exercise. There was no difference between the CG and SG at any time. The results obtained in this study revealed that the supplementation of 5% of dry matter with avocado oil for six and seven weeks did not influence the thermoregulation based on the body surface temperature of the horses submitted to SET and LIT, respectively.