Relationships between hoof-acceleration patterns of galloping horses and dynamic properties of the track

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 589-595

  Ratzlaff, Marc H ^a   Wilson, Patrick D ^a   Hutton, David V ^b   Slinker, Bryan K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; DENSITY GRADIENT; FEMALE; GAIT; HARDNESS; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSE; MALE; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPORT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GAIT; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; RUNNING; SOIL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 17544367313     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.589     Document Type: Article

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