Use of the semi-quantitative test with terbutaline sulfate for the identification of anhidrosis in Quarter Horses used in vaquejada events
Bibliographic record
Abstract
ABSTRACT: Anhidrosis, characterized by the partial or total reduction in sweat production, is a relevant condition in equines living in tropical climates, particularly those engaged in physical activity. This study evaluated the prevalence of anhidrosis in Quarter Horses used in the vaquejada sport, utilizing the semi-quantitative sweat test with terbutaline sulfate. Sixty Quarter Horses of both sexes, actively competing, were included in the study. The experimental procedure involved the intradermal application of a saline control solution and seven serial dilutions of terbutaline sulfate, ranging from 100 mg/L to 10-6 mg/L, at predefined points in the cervical region. After solution application, the injection sites were assessed over a minimum of 20 minutes to observe the response to the test. The analysis criterion was based on the intensity of sweating at each concentration, enabling the classification of animals as healthy, partially anhidrotic, or completely anhidrotic. The study revealed a significant prevalence (75%) of partial anhidrosis among Quarter Horses. The results underscore the importance of accurate diagnosis of partial anhidrosis to understand its impact on equine health and performance.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame distilled prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.003 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".