Muscle biopsy as a tool for assessing muscular adaptation to training in horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1412-1416

  Rivero, Jose Luis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CYTOLOGY; HORSE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; HORSES; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030254232     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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