Tensions used on girths on Thoroughbred racehorses

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 567-569

  Bowers, J ^a   Slocombe, R ^b  

^a University of Melbourne ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Girth; Horses; Tension

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; HORSE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUNNING;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BREEDING; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUNNING; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0034243949     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2000.tb11904.x     Document Type: Article

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