Conclusion
Kathiawari horses remaining one of the long surviving endurance horse
breed, with its legendary roles in World Wars, their exercise
performance assessment becomes important. Exercise physiology and
cardiac evaluation is very much important and directly related to
performance in horses. The cardiac biomarkers such as cTnI, cTnT, CK-MB
and NT-proBNP showed a highly significant increase after exercise when
compared to their levels before exercise. In the post exercise
echocardiographic findings, significant increase in the left ventricular
dimensions and systolic functions were observed. As normal reference
values have not been reported in Kathiawari horses, this study
established the normal reference ranges for future usages.