Effect of controlled exercise on middle gluteal muscle fibre composition in Thoroughbred foals

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 676-680

  Eto, D ^a   Yamano, S ^b   Kasashima, Y ^a   Sugiura, T ^b   Nasu, T ^b   Tokuriki, M ^c   Miyata, H ^b  

^a EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foals; Growth; Horse; Muscle; Thoroughbred; Training

Indexed keywords

SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HORSE; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PUERPERIUM; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BUTTOCK; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BUTTOCKS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HORSES; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 1542394810     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516403775696276     Document Type: Article

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