Prolonged suppression of the innate immune system in the horse following an 80 km endurance race

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-137

  Robson, P J ^a   Alston, T D ^a   Myburgh, K H ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Endurance race; Glutamine; Horse; Neutrophil oxidative burst

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESPIRATORY BURST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; HORSE; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; HORSES; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MONOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RESPIRATORY BURST;

EID: 0037714014     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516403776114144     Document Type: Article

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