Influence of rider on lameness in trotting horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 734-736

  Licka, T ^a   Kapaun, M ^a   Peham, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Horse; Lameness; Rider; Trot

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL LAMENESS; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HAND; HEAD; HEAD MOVEMENT; HORSE; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTION; NONHUMAN; SACRUM; TRAINING;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 11844270559     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/0425164044848028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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