Re: electrolytes

[Michael I Lindinger <mlinding@uoguelph.ca>]

Heidi, 20 years ago the only data on training was human data. I was just
at a meeting with W Bayly, and data was presented and confirmed that the
electrolyte composition of equine sweat does not change appreciably with
training. I am aware of changes in appearance and 'feel' of sweat that
people notice on their horses, but this does not appear to be associated
with appreciable changes in sweat electrolayte concentrations.

Mike

On Mon, 1 Jun 1998 CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 98-06-01 16:11:47 EDT, mlinding@uoguelph.ca writes:
> 
> << A comment about Heidi's 'reference' to changes in horse sweat with
>  training. The values stated (1/10th the amount of electrolyte per volume
>  of sweat) are for humans, NOT horses. >>
> 
> Mike, sorry I don't happen to have the papers on hand.  They were presented to
> us in vet school nearly 20 years ago, in a course taught by Warwick Bayly, and
> they were most definitely about horses.  I don't want to get into a big
> argment about this, but I also know from personal experience that sweat of an
> unconditioned horse tastes quite salty, and of a fit horse tastes not salty at
> all.  Not very scientific, but quite real, thank you.
> 
> Heidi Smith, DVM
>