Interrelationships between moisture content of the track, dynamic properties of the track and the locomotor forces exerted by galloping horses

Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-42

  Ratzlaff, Marc H ^a   Hyde, Martha L ^c   Hutton, David V ^b   Rathgeber, Rhonda A ^d   Balch, Olin K ^e  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Equine Medicalo Institute   (United States)

^e TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0031542394     PISSN: 07370806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0737-0806(97)80456-X     Document Type: Article

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