Skeletal muscle characteristics and metabolic response to exercise in young Standardbreds

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-170

  Roneus N ^a   Essen Gustavsson B ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; HEXOKINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

3-HYDROXYACYL COA DEHYDROGENASES; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; EXERTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE; HEXOKINASE; HORSES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATES; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031066589     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.1997.58.02.167     Document Type: Article

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