Electrocardiographic characteristics of endurance-trained Alaskan sled dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 211, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1138-1141

  Hinchcliff, Kenneth W ^a   Constable, Peter D ^b   Farris, James W ^a   Schmidt, Karin E ^c   Hamlin, Robert L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Comm   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031267007     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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