Kinematic parameters of sheep walking on a treadmill

•Sheep do not show habituation to treadmill walking over five sessions.•Consistency in gait parameters did improve with time.•Stance duration was similar to previous literature on sheep overground locomotion.•Stride length was greater in comparison to literature on sheep overground locomotion. Ovine...

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Veröffentlicht in:The veterinary journal (1997) 2014-12, Vol.202 (3), p.657-658
Hauptverfasser: Valentin, Stephanie, Essigbeck, Annika, Wolfram, Ines, Licka, Theresia
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Zusammenfassung:•Sheep do not show habituation to treadmill walking over five sessions.•Consistency in gait parameters did improve with time.•Stance duration was similar to previous literature on sheep overground locomotion.•Stride length was greater in comparison to literature on sheep overground locomotion. Ovine locomotion studies are rare, despite their relevance for medical research. The aim of this preliminary study was to investigate habituation and temporospatial parameters during treadmill walking of seven Austrian Mountain sheep. Sheep were naïve to treadmill exercise. During five treadmill sessions, movement cycle duration (MCD), vertical trunk movement (VTM), stride height (SH), stride length (SL), and percentage of movement cycle at stance (%St) were assessed. Two sheep were excluded from the study because they would not walk on the treadmill. From the end measurement session, MCD (0.95 s) and %St (62%) were similar to reported kinetics of sheep walking over ground, although stride length (1.05 m) was longer in this study. These findings suggest that sheep may require more than five sessions to become habituated to treadmill walking.
ISSN:1090-0233
1532-2971
DOI:10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.09.028