Correlation of racing performance with fitness parameters after exercise tests on treadmill and on track in Standardbred racehorses

Pferdeheilkunde

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 466-469

  Casini, Lucia ^a   Greppi, G F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaerobic threshold; Exercise test; Fitness; Horse; Lactate; Race time; Standardbred

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0030543323     PISSN: 01777726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21836/pem19960421     Document Type: Article

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