Effects of exercise on the diameter of collagen fibrils in the central core and periphery of the superficial digital flexor tendon in foals

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1563-1570

  Cherdchutham, Worakij ^a   Becker, Christina K ^b   Spek, Eric R ^a   Voorhout, Wim E ^a   Van Weeren, Paul R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Tierärztliche Praxis für Pferde   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TENDON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOPSY; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENDONS;

EID: 0035487769     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2001.62.1563     Document Type: Article

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