The improvement of the gait quality of sound trotting warmblood horses by normal shoeing and its effect on the load on the lower forelimb

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-153

  Willemen, M A ^a   Savelberg, H H C M ^b   Barneveld, A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Equine; Kinematic; Kinetic; Shoeing

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0002972914     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(97)00130-9     Document Type: Article

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