Force, speed, and oxygen consumption in thoroughbred and draft horses

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2052-2059

  Potard, U Silke Birlenbach ^a,b   Leith, David E ^a,c   Fedde, M Roger ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Equine; Exercise; External power; Force speed relationships; Gross efficiency

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0031830813     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.84.6.2052     Document Type: Article

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