Ness barn raided at Tampa

Originally Posted by docicu3

your right about function but acidemia and acidosis are completely different effects.....as long as the blood stays neutral you can run forever which is why marathon runners train at or near the AT

Either way you still are going to get acidosis (ie produce
lactic acid)?

so all the bicarb does is help stabilize blood pH so the horse does
not get acidemia?

[docicu3]

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?

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

Originally Posted by docicu3

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. 1.There comes a time when an acidotic horse or human cannot breathe fast enough to offset the lactic acid and the horse slows down.
2. It only helps if your horse can run to begin with it does not make a horse faster

1. You mean not able to breathe fast enough as to not go anaerobic?
(Or even if you could breathe fast enough, your O2 uptake and transport to muscle could not maintain the ability to keep going Krebs ETS?)

2. Yep. I have personally experienced the true meaning of slow as I age.

Sorry for all the questions.