Field exercise testing for assessing fitness in French standardbred trotters

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 112-122

  Courouce A ^a  

^a centre hospitalier Laval   (France)

Author keywords

Exercise; Heart rate; Horse; Lactate; Performance

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLOOD; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FRANCE; HEART RATE; HORSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EXERTION; FRANCE; HEART RATE; HORSES; LACTIC ACID; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 0033090352     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/tvjl.1998.0302     Document Type: Review

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