Gender differences in bone turnover in 2-year-old Thoroughbreds

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 702-706

  Jackson, B F ^a   Lonnell, C ^a   Verheyen, K ^b   Wood, J L N ^b   Pfeiffer, D U ^a   Price, J S ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone; Gender; Horse; ICTP; Marker; Osteocalcin; PICP

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; OSTEOCALCIN; ICTP PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROCOLLAGEN; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE I CARBOXY TERMINAL PEPTIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE CELL; BONE TURNOVER; BREEDING; CELL ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENDER; HORSE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE REMODELING; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE REMODELING; BONE RESORPTION; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; OSTEOCALCIN; OSTEOGENESIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROCOLLAGEN; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 1542499702     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516403775696230     Document Type: Article

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