Comparison of some Responses to Exercise on the Track and the Treadmill in French Trotters: Determination of the Optimal Treadmill Incline

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-63

  Courouce A ^a   Corde, R ^b   Valette, J P ^c   Cassiat, G ^a   Hodgson, D R ^d   Rose, R J ^d  

^a centre hospitalier Laval   (France)

^b CLINIQUE VÉTÉRINAIRE   (France)

^c ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Horses; exercise; treadmill; heart rate; lactate.

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HORSE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HORSES; LACTIC ACID; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033632185     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/tvjl.1999.0381     Document Type: Article

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