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Donkey Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability: A Scoping Review

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Heart rate variability (HRV) is an increasingly used research tool in animal science and is employed as a noninvasive physiological measure in animal welfare assessment, including horses. This review explores the use of heart rate (HR) and HRV in clinics and research on another, less...

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Autores principales: De Santis, Marta, Seganfreddo, Samanta, Greco, Alberto, Normando, Simona, Benedetti, Daniele, Mutinelli, Franco, Contalbrigo, Laura
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9913831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36766295
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13030408
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author De Santis, Marta
Seganfreddo, Samanta
Greco, Alberto
Normando, Simona
Benedetti, Daniele
Mutinelli, Franco
Contalbrigo, Laura
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description SIMPLE SUMMARY: Heart rate variability (HRV) is an increasingly used research tool in animal science and is employed as a noninvasive physiological measure in animal welfare assessment, including horses. This review explores the use of heart rate (HR) and HRV in clinics and research on another, less studied, equine species: the donkey. It discusses the lack of studies and some of the technical and interpretative difficulties that can be encountered in HRV analysis in this species, highlighting the potential of this tool and the need for further studies to determine the optimal methods for its measurement and interpretation. ABSTRACT: Heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) are commonly used physiological measures in animals. While several studies exist on horse HRV, less information is available for donkeys. This scoping review aims to understand the extent and type of published evidence on donkey HR and HRV, their clinical and research applications, the devices used, and the analysis performed. Only quantitative primary studies published in English were considered. Four different databases were queried through the Web of Science platform, with additional evidence identified by citation chasing. After a two-stage screening phase, data were extracted considering study and population characteristics, information on HR/HRV analysis, and applications. The majority of the 87 included articles (about 80%) concerned a sample size of up to 20 individuals and were published since 2011 (about 65%). Forty-one articles employed an electronic device for signal acquisition (mainly electrocardiographs and heart rate monitors), yet only two articles reported HRV parameters. The literature on donkey HRV is lacking, and this gap can be filled by gaining knowledge on donkey characteristics and finding useful tools for welfare assessment. Comparison with what is known about the horse allows a discussion of the technical and interpretative difficulties that can be encountered with donkeys.
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spelling pubmed-99138312023-02-11 Donkey Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability: A Scoping Review De Santis, Marta Seganfreddo, Samanta Greco, Alberto Normando, Simona Benedetti, Daniele Mutinelli, Franco Contalbrigo, Laura Animals (Basel) Review SIMPLE SUMMARY: Heart rate variability (HRV) is an increasingly used research tool in animal science and is employed as a noninvasive physiological measure in animal welfare assessment, including horses. This review explores the use of heart rate (HR) and HRV in clinics and research on another, less studied, equine species: the donkey. It discusses the lack of studies and some of the technical and interpretative difficulties that can be encountered in HRV analysis in this species, highlighting the potential of this tool and the need for further studies to determine the optimal methods for its measurement and interpretation. ABSTRACT: Heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) are commonly used physiological measures in animals. While several studies exist on horse HRV, less information is available for donkeys. This scoping review aims to understand the extent and type of published evidence on donkey HR and HRV, their clinical and research applications, the devices used, and the analysis performed. Only quantitative primary studies published in English were considered. Four different databases were queried through the Web of Science platform, with additional evidence identified by citation chasing. After a two-stage screening phase, data were extracted considering study and population characteristics, information on HR/HRV analysis, and applications. The majority of the 87 included articles (about 80%) concerned a sample size of up to 20 individuals and were published since 2011 (about 65%). Forty-one articles employed an electronic device for signal acquisition (mainly electrocardiographs and heart rate monitors), yet only two articles reported HRV parameters. The literature on donkey HRV is lacking, and this gap can be filled by gaining knowledge on donkey characteristics and finding useful tools for welfare assessment. Comparison with what is known about the horse allows a discussion of the technical and interpretative difficulties that can be encountered with donkeys. MDPI 2023-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9913831/ /pubmed/36766295 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13030408 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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