Exertional heat illness (EHI) is a complex disease in which a horse is at significant risk, due to the fact that a horse has a high rate of heat production associated with its metabolism. To understand how this disease manifests and to develop preventative measures and treatments, it is important to understand thermoregulation in horses.
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THERMOREGULATION allows the horse to maintain its body temperature despite continuous changes in the surrounding temperature, within certain limits. It is part of the greater process of homeostasis, which is a number of self-regulating processes the horse uses to maintain body stability in the face of changing external conditions. Homeostasis and thermoregulation are vital for the horse to maintain its internal environment to ensure its
