Maintenance energy requirements and the effect of diet on performance of racing Greyhounds

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1566-1573

  Hill, Richard C ^a   Bloomberg, Mark S ^a   Legrand Defretin, Veronique ^c   Burger, Ivan H ^c   Hillock, Sean M ^a   Sundstrom, Deborah A ^a   Jones, Galin L ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; ENZYME; HEMOGLOBIN; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALORIC INTAKE; DOG; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RUNNING; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; DOGS; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY INTAKE; ENZYMES; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RUNNING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034543096     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2000.61.1566     Document Type: Article

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