Exercise and immunity: A review with emphasis on the horse

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 280-289

  Hines, Melissa Trogdon ^a   Schott II, Harold C ^a   Bayly, Warwick M ^a   Leroux, Annette J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EXERCISE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STRESS;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CYTOKINES; EXERTION; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; STRESS;

EID: 0030226032     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.1996.tb02063.x     Document Type: Review

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