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Evaluation nutrition of horse today at a time when the horse becomes the subject of a pets breeding
Nápravníková, Eva ; Mudřík, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Jiří, Jiří (referee)
The master's thesis describes evolution of horses, its domestication and coexistence with humans. The hypothesis is that 'The common used feed portions in hobby breeding programmes don't correspond to true need of nutrition established according to the horses actual sport performance'.
The horse is a non-ruminant herbivore, whose digestion of fiber is based on its fermentation in the colon. Therefore there are certain limitations and requirements for the feeding technology and the composition of the feed for individual horses. The transfer of the matter through the digestive tract and absorption of nutrition in each part of the digestive tract.
The next part of the thesis concentrates on metabolism during physical work, adaptability to training and physiology of training. There is a part focused on utilization of energy from feed, where the difference between an anaerobic and aerobic metabolism is described.
To accept or decline the hypothesis, three horses with different equestrian use were chosen. The first was a Welsh Part Bred (WPB) pony mare competing in pony show jumping at L level. The second was a Czech warmblood (ČT) mare competing in both show jumping and dressage at L level. The last was a WPB pony mare used for hobby riding. For all three horses, the nutrition values of feed rations was calculated for the reporting period. These were compared with the true requirements of each horse according to their physical work. It was established that the selected horses were not fed according to their actual sports performance.
Therefore the hypothesis was confirmed. The found data was transferred into a graph form for ease of evaluation. Where there was a higher fluctuation in the value of the feed portions, it was pointed out the danger to horses with long term feeding of unsuitable feed portions.
The master's thesis shows to the owner of horses used in hobby breeding with the need to build the feed portions according to real physical work of their horses. The use of wrong feed portions and feed technology can cause health problems with long term effects.
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Evolution of saddles from the beginning to the present
Kozáková, Zuzana ; Neumann, Cyril (advisor) ; Hana, Hana (referee)
The goal of this work is to map and describe the development of saddles in Europe, Asia and America, through history with special focus on advancement of equitation and its influence on construction of saddles. First chapter focuses on historical progress of saddles from first archeological findings to current forms. It describes saddles of various types such as medieval knight saddle, sidesaddle and alta escuela saddle. This chapter brought very good comparison of saddles from different continents and reveals many similarities between saddles originated in very distant localities. Also interesting is advancement from simple traveling saddles to heavy and tight military ones and back to simpler types caused by change of riding style.
Second chapter focuses on both positive and negative impact of saddle construction to the horse. First part briefly summarises anatomy of horses, describes influence of different saddle types on horse back, including riding without saddle. It also includes description of choosing proper saddle type and impact of the wrong one. This part concludes with an assesment of under saddle padding. Second part describes effect on rider. Second chapter contsins a great number of current studies following up pressure points under the saddle, while most of those uses pressure sensors in padding under saddle.
Third chapter analyzes construction of saddles, with particular focus on modern synthetic materials and revolutionary methods of fabrication. Including several inventions already patented but not yet mass produced. In final chapter well-known mass producers of saddles are presented (including their range of products) as well as newly founded Barefoot Saddles co. specialized in treeless saddles.
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