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Östlund, Viktoria, 2011. Limb phasing Icelandic horses. Second cycle, A1E. Uppsala: SLU, Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry (until 231231)

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Twenty Icelandic horses were studied using the ETB limb phasing system measuring the speed, stride length, stride duration and symmetry of fore-, hind- and diagonal limbs of different gaits. The ETB system measures the time-within the stride relationship between the four limbs, calculated through a continuous cross correlation between the cannon bone angle of the left hind (LH) and the other limbs respectively. Each horse showed the gaits it was considered able to perform of walk, trot, canter, tölt and pace. Representative strides of each gait were selected for analysis.
The results showed that walk, tölt and trot were similar with respect to symmetry of front and hindlimbs. Albeit that only few measurements were done in pace, these clearly differed from the other gaits defined as symmetric, as being less symmetric. The mean values for left and right canter differed in speed and limb phasing pattern. In further studies it would be of interest to study both more horses and more five-gaited horses in order to determine whether Icelandic horses overall show handedness more in pace compared to other gaits (i.e. are more asymmetric) and to study the differences/similarities between left and right canter.

Main title:Limb phasing Icelandic horses
Authors:Östlund, Viktoria
Supervisor:Roepstorff, Lars
Examiner:Egenvall, Agneta
Series:UNSPECIFIED
Volume/Sequential designation:UNSPECIFIED
Year of Publication:2011
Level and depth descriptor:Second cycle, A1E
Student's programme affiliation:VY001 Agricultural Science Programme - Animal Science 270 HEC
Supervising department:(VH) > Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry (until 231231)
Keywords:Icelandic horse, gait , tölt, pace, symmetry
URN:NBN:urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-714
Permanent URL:
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-714
Subject. Use of subject categories until 2023-04-30.:Animal physiology and biochemistry
Language:English
Deposited On:03 Nov 2011 11:43
Metadata Last Modified:20 Apr 2012 14:23

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