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Stress...... Of all the challenges facing your greyhounds (and you!) stress is by far the greatest! The adverse effects of stress is also the greatest inhibitor of performance in racing, breeding, growing and also coping with many health and potential injury problems that plague the racing industry.
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It is not so widely understood that there are many forms of stress, all of which create a significantly increased and often avoidable burden on both the greyhound and trainer. Two main factors that contribute to higher stress levels are Nutrition and Environment. Nutrient deficiency is probably the most significant to athletes as even a small deficiency will be a limiting factor and can result in failure to get the best performance regularly. That said, a few greyhounds have such guts and heart that they give their best regardless, but even these greyhounds would do better if they were not limited by nutritional deficiencies and other stress factors.
A dietary deficiency is responsible for avoidable metabolic stress. Over-training as well as prolonged periods of training and racing cause avoidable physiological stress, while medicines and disease-producing organisms cause immunological stress. Greyhounds can be faced with chronic stress, acute stress, and other forms of psychological stress. Environmental stress can be just as debilitating, for example, living conditions, weather, climate, pecking order, etc. can all take their toll. The greyhound is faced with so many potential stressors, yet with a little understanding of the causes and effects of stress, we can manage and minimise the adverse consequences and often see a great improvement in performance and less injury!.
Did you know for example:
* Vitamin C is directly involved in the production of anti-stress hormones and any slight deficiency will cause the greyhound to be unable to cope with the challenge of stress. This could lead to serious injury, sickness and has, in extreme cases, result in death.
* Research shows that providing additional vitamin C causes the body to produce higher strength collagen, which is the strengthening protein in ligaments and tendons. More vitamin C = stronger ligaments and tendons which means potentially less injury to these tissues. Every day the greyhound is off nursing an injury is painful for the dog and an expensive time for the owner, not to mention adding negative work for the kennel staff. (negative = non-productive).
* Additional doses of vitamin C has been proven to increase the red blood cells ability to carry up to 20% more oxygen. This can have a significant potential benefit to athletes and athletic mammals like greyhounds.
* Vitamin C improves the use of Calcium and even a slight deficiency is one of the main causes of cramping in mammals. This is definitely an unwanted effect on the track! |
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