Gastric emptying, intestinal absorption of electrolytes and exercise performance in electrolyte-supplemented horses

Experimental Physiology
M I Lindinger, G L Ecker

Abstract

Horses lose considerably more electrolytes through sweating during prolonged exercise than can be readily replaced through feeds. The present study tested an oral electrolyte supplement (ES) designed to replace sweat electrolyte losses. We measured gastric emptying of 3 litres of ES (using gamma imaging of (99)Tc-sulfide colloid), the absorption of Na(+) and K(+) from the gastrointestinal tract using (24)Na(+) and (42)K(+), and the distribution of these ions in the body by measuring radioactivity within plasma and sweat during exercise. Three litres of ES emptied from the stomach as fast as water, with a half-time of 47 min, and appeared in plasma by 10 min after administration (n = 4 horses). Peak values of plasma (24)Na(+) and (42)K(+) radioactivity occurred at 20-40 min, and a more rapid disappearance of K(+) radioactivity from plasma was indicative of movement of K(+) into cells (n = 3 horses). In a randomized crossover experiment (n = 4 horses), 1 h after administration of placebo (water), 1 or 3 litres of ES containing (24)Na(+), horses exercised on a treadmill at 30% of peak oxygen uptake until voluntary fatigue. The (24)Na(+) appeared in sweat at 10 min of exercise, and when horses received 3 litres of ES the duration t...Continue Reading

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Sep 22, 2009·Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism = Physiologie Appliquée, Nutrition Et Métabolisme·Gethin H EvansRonald J Maughan
Feb 8, 2021·Experimental Physiology·Michael I Lindinger, Amanda P Waller

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