Heat builds up rapidly in the body of an exercising horse and must be quickly dissipated if thermal injury is to be prevented. For the normal horse, this is not all that much of a problem. Like man, the horse cools its body by sweating, and this seems to take care of thermal buildup. Thermoregulation, of course, involves more than just sweating. There must also, for example, be ample blood
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