Blood Lactate Responses to Submaximal Field Exercise Tests in Thoroughbred Horses

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 252-258

  Davie, A L ^a   Evans, D J ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exercise; Field tests; Horse; Lactate; Thoroughbred

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; EXERCISE TEST; HORSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; EXERCISE TEST; HORSES; LACTIC ACID; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034186461     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/tvjl.1999.0420     Document Type: Article

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