Effect of early training on the jumping technique of horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 418-424

  Santamaría, Susana ^a,c   Bobbert, Maarten F ^b   Back, Willem ^a   Barneveld, Ab ^a   van Weeren, P Rene ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAVITY; HORSE; JUMPING; KINEMATICS; NONHUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FORELIMB; GAIT; HINDLIMB; HORSES; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 17544377673     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.418     Document Type: Article

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