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Quantitative intradermal terbutaline sweat test in horses.

Abstract
The aim of the current study was to quantify sweating responses to intradermal terbutaline in normal horses. Seven Thoroughbred horses were used. Terbutaline (10-fold dilutions from 1000-0.001 mg/l) and a saline control were injected intradermally (0.1 ml/site) and sweat collected for 30 min into absorbent pads taped over each injection site. Tests were performed monthly for 11 successive months and temperature, relative humidity and dewpoint were measured at the time of testing. There was no significant effect (P<or=0.05) of environmental variables or time of year on sweat responses at any dose. There was significant effect (P<0.001) of terbutaline concentration on sweat weight, with significant increases at every concentration from 0.1-1000 mg/l. This quantitative intradermal terbutaline sweat test should be a useful aid to the study of equine sweating and anhidrosis.
AuthorsR J MacKay
JournalEquine veterinary journal (Equine Vet J) Vol. 40 Issue 5 Pg. 518-20 (Jul 2008) ISSN: 0425-1644 [Print] United States
PMID18684682 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Terbutaline
Topics
  • Animals
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Environment
  • Female
  • Horse Diseases (diagnosis)
  • Horses (physiology)
  • Injections, Intradermal (veterinary)
  • Male
  • Seasons
  • Sweating (drug effects, physiology)
  • Terbutaline

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