Haematological and blood biochemical characteristics of dutch warmblood foals managed under three different rearing conditions from birth to 5 months of age

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 92-95

  Brommer, H ^a   van Oldruitenborgh Oosterbaan, M M Sloet ^a   Kessels, B ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Blood biochemistry; Dutch Warmblood foals; Haematology; Rearing

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REFERENCE VALUE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HORSES; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0035316907     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2001.9695090     Document Type: Article

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