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Monitoring physiological indicators of stress during transrectal palpation of the reproductive tract in mares used for practical training of veterinary students
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/65519 Monitoring physiological indicators of stress during transrectal palpation of the reproductive tract in mares used for practical training of veterinary students Page, Patrick Collin elize.vanvollenhoven@up.ac.za Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia) Ganswindt, Andre Van Vollenhoven, Elize UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2017. It is important to manage potential stress experienced by animals used in teaching veterinary students various clinical procedures so as to not compromise animal welfare standards. In this study the potential stress experienced by mares during transrectal palpation of the reproductive tract by veterinary students was assessed by means of heart rate variability (HRV) and endocrine stress-related indicators (salivary glucocorticoid- and faecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations). The technique evaluation and standardisation confirmed that care should be taken when interpreting HRV results as correction factors can have an influence on the HRV indicators and heart rate measures. In addition, the repeatability and reliability of heart rate measures and HRV indicators may differ depending on the environment (unrestricted vs. restricted movement) being assessed. Although endocrine stress-related indicators did not indicate an overall stress response, the autonomic nervous system (ANS) measured by HRV reflected identify short-term variations in autonomic cardiac control during palpation. Furthermore, the most significant shifts towards the sympathetic component were recorded during the first 5 min of palpation and 85 min after the start of palpation. Coactivation of the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the ANS in the initial stage of palpation may be attributed to recognition (prediction of outcome) of the procedure. The age and experience of the habituated horses did not influence their stress response. Overall, the 20 min palpation period, restricted to one student, was tolerated well by the mares accustomed to the procedure, but the stress response after 55 min restricted movement was pronounced. Companion Animal Clinical Studies PhD Unrestricted 2018-07-13T06:48:26Z 2018-07-13T06:48:26Z 2018/04/20 2017 Thesis Van Vollenhoven, E 2017, Monitoring physiological indicators of stress during transrectal palpation of the reproductive tract in mares used for practical training of veterinary students, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65519> A2018 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65519 en © 2018 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Monitoring physiological indicators of stress during transrectal palpation of the reproductive tract in mares used for practical training of veterinary students |
| title | Monitoring physiological indicators of stress during transrectal palpation of the reproductive tract in mares used for practical training of veterinary students |
| title_full | Monitoring physiological indicators of stress during transrectal palpation of the reproductive tract in mares used for practical training of veterinary students |
| title_fullStr | Monitoring physiological indicators of stress during transrectal palpation of the reproductive tract in mares used for practical training of veterinary students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Monitoring physiological indicators of stress during transrectal palpation of the reproductive tract in mares used for practical training of veterinary students |
| title_short | Monitoring physiological indicators of stress during transrectal palpation of the reproductive tract in mares used for practical training of veterinary students |
| title_sort | monitoring physiological indicators of stress during transrectal palpation of the reproductive tract in mares used for practical training of veterinary students |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65519 |