Trends and asymptotic limits for racing speed in standardbred trotters

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 135-145

  Arnason Th ^a  

^a Intl Horse Breeding Consultant   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Horse; Scale effects; Selection limits; Trotting race

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0035669413     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(01)00274-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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