A longitudinal study of racing Thoroughbreds: Performance during the first years of racing

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-112

  More, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career; Epidemiology; Horse; Performance; Racing; Thoroughbred

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORSE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HORSES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEENSLAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033069585     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1999.tb11678.x     Document Type: Article

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