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Originally Posted by pgardn
Either way you still are going to get acidosis (ie produce
lactic acid)?
so all the bicarb does in help stabilize blood pH so the horse does
not get acidemia?
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The degree of acidemia dictates how much the horse has to breathe to offset the acidosis. If the Ph is neutral you dont have eo waste all that minute ventilation or respiratory rate. There comes a time when an acidotic horse or human cannot breathe fast enough to offset the lactic acid and the horse slows down.
It only helps if your horse can run to begin with it does not make a horse faster