Weight prediction from linear measures of growing Thoroughbreds

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-154

  Staniar, W B ^a,d   Kronfeld, D S ^a   Hoffman, R M ^a   Wilson, J A ^b   Harris, P A ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

^d Middleburg Agricultural Research and Extension Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Foals; Growth; Horse; Morphometric equations; Weight estimation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; BREED; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 2542587882     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/0425164044868585     Document Type: Article

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