The Effect of Aerobic Exercise on Intraocular Pressure in Horse

The present study was planned to investigate the effect of the intensity of exercise on intraocular pressure (LOP) systolic and diastolic blood pressure glycaemia and blood lactate concentration in regularly trained Italian saddle jumper horses On the first day five female horses performed 1 h of walking on an electronically controlled horse walker at 100 m/min, on the second day I h session consisted of 5 mm of walk 30 min of trot 20 min of gallop and one exercise of a 300 m long trail with eight jumps 90 cm high to be run in 1 min The studied indicators were collected at rest immediately after the exercise and 30 min after the exercise Analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed a significant effect of different workloads on blood lactate concentration systolic and diastolic blood pressure No significant difference was found in IOP reduction when comparing aerobic and moderate anaerobic exercise Our results confirm that the lack of a significant change in LOP in the athletic horse after mild exercise is in accordance with the human athlete The cardiovascular and haematological changes induced by aerobic and moderate anaerobic exercise had no significant effect on LOP either