Use of statistical models to evaluate racing performance in Thoroughbreds

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 209, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1900-1906

  Martin, G S ^a   Strand, E ^a,b   Kearney, M T ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; HORSE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; HORSES; LINEAR MODELS; LOUISIANA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RECORDS; SPORTS;

EID: 0030340840     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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