Description
Heat stress is an underestimated and poorly understood phenomenon. Many cooling strategies are insufficient to cool down a heat stressed horse appropriately; they are counterproductive, time-consuming, and labour-intensive. Often heat stress is addressed from a too much human point of view. This seminar addresses the backgrounds of occurrence of heat stress, the different tests to assess its severity, as well as its impact on performance, health and welfare of the horse. Signs and diagnosis of heat stress are presented.