A new tool to monitor training and performance of sport horses using Global Positioning System (GPS) with integrated GSM capabilities

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 262-265

  Hebenbrock, M ^a   Due M ^b   Holzhausen, H ^c   Sass, A ^a   Stadler, P ^d   Ellendorff, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b German Equestrian Association (FN)   (Germany)

^c Olympic Support Centre Westfalen Warendorf   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exercise; GPS GSM; Heart rate; Horse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RATE; HORSE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; HEART RATE; HORSES; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TELEMETRY;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 23844545993     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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