The effects of different exercise conditions on metacarpal bone strains in Thoroughbred racehorses

Pferdeheilkunde

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 666-670

  Davies, Helen M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exercise; Horses; Metacarpal bone; Strain

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

EID: 0030532940     PISSN: 01777726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21836/pem19960466     Document Type: Article

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