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Effect of a 14-Day Period of Heat Acclimation on Horses Using Heated Indoor Arenas in Preparation for Tokyo Olympic Games

Animals 2024, 14(4), 546; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14040546
by Carolien Munsters 1,2,*, Esther Siegers 1 and Marianne Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan 1
Reviewer 1:
Reviewer 2:
Animals 2024, 14(4), 546; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14040546
Submission received: 8 January 2024 / Revised: 29 January 2024 / Accepted: 2 February 2024 / Published: 6 February 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Conditioning Horses for Competitive Performance and Health)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Thank you for an interesting and very practical study that provides meaningful outcomes for horse people. I have only had concerns with the English, and so have made many editorial corrections on the marked pdf, and have also a few queries that need to be addressed with revisions to wording.

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Comments on the Quality of English Language

see above

Author Response

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Well written paper, but some weaknesses:

Low number of horses.

RH not high enough to reflect real conditions anticipated.

No control animals, perhaps 4 similar horses should have been exercised in the indoor arena without heat or humidity.

Was the training surface prior to the study exactly the same as the indoor arena?, same density and depth?

Was there any radiant heat from the heaters? / similar to direct sunlight.

 

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