Reasons for performing study: Intensive exercise induces a systemic inflammatory response
characterised by an increase of blood neutrophil count and myeloperoxidase (MPO) …

Reasons for performing study: Intense physical exercise can induce the degranulation of
neutrophils leading to an increase in plasma concentration of the neutrophil marker …

Reason for performing study: In man, exercise of any type has been shown to induce
neutrophil degranulation and respiratory burst activity, as well as an increase in plasma …

Exercise in horses induces neutrophil degranulation and subsequent increases in plasma
myeloperoxidase concentrations (MPO). It is not known whether this response is affected by …

Equine neutrophil elastase (NE) is a protease released in inflammatory diseases and
participating in tissue destruction. To measure NE in horse plasma to assess its role in …

Six trained Standardbred trotters exercised on a racetrack on 2 days with a 3‐day interval.
On both exercise days the horses trotted three different exercise bouts with increasing …

Objective—To evaluate the effects of a standardized exercise test to exhaustion in horses on
leukocyte function ex vivo. Animals—6 Thoroughbred geldings. Procedures—Blood …

The effects of an endurance ride on neutrophil functions in endurance‐trained horses were
evaluated and related to metabolic changes and changes in cortisol concentrations. Blood …

The effects of single bouts of moderate (30 to 40 per cent VO2max) and high (115 per cent
VO2max) intensity exercise on equine peripheral blood leucocyte function were evaluated …

Horses are particularly sensitive and exposed to excessive inflammatory responses evolving
toward an important stimulation of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs). The aim of this …