Daily access to pasture turnout prevents loss of mineral in the third metacarpus of Arabian weanlings

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1142-1150

  Bell, R A ^a,b   Nielsen, B D ^b   Waite, K ^b   Rosenstein, D ^b   Orth, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Horses; Housing; Osteocalcin

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; OSTEOCALCIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; WEANING;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HORSES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; METACARPUS; MINERALS; OSTEOCALCIN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WEANING;

EID: 0035349777     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2001.7951142x     Document Type: Article

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