The FEI Samsung International Equine Sports Medicine Conference was held in advance of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Due to concerns about horse welfare during extremely hot and/or humid conditions, the focus was on heat stress, dehydration, and other metabolic emergencies and how to prevent them, particularly during the endurance phase of the Three Day Combined Events. The articles are useful for any performance horses competing in hot/humid conditions in any equine sport. Articles include: Considerations in Planning the Olympic Three Day Event Courses, Fluid and Electrolyte Balance in Horses Under Hot/Humid Conditions, Physiological Responses of Horses Exercising at 20C/40% RH, 30C/40% RH, and 30C/80% RH. Plasma Metabolite and Enzyme Changes During Field and Treadmill Exercise and the Effect of Elevated Temperature and Humidity, The Modified Cardiac Recovery Index (Ridgway Test): Possibly an Additional Aid for the Clinician in the Ten Minute Box of a Three-Day Event Held Under FEI Rules, Effects of Dehydration on Thermoregulartory and Vascular Volume Responses in the Horse During Low Intensity Exercise\nHeart-Rate Response and Plasma Lactate Concentrations of Horses Competing in the Endurance Phase of the Three Day Combined Events, Water Loss in Horses During Three Day Event Competition, Effects of Oral Fluid Composition, Tonicity and Temperature on Fluid and Electrolyte Balance in Horses, Effects of Dehydration and Hyperhydration on Hyperhydration on Fluid balance in the Exercising Standardbred Horse, Correlations Between Rations and Performance in Three Day Event Horses, Biomechanical Analysis of Eventers, Respiratory Stress and Demands of the Eventing Competition etc.

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