Musculoskeletal responses of 2-year-old thoroughbred horses to early training. Conclusions

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 377-383

  Firth, E C ^a   Rogers, C W ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adaptive response; Bone; Calcified cartilage; Cartilage; Horse; Tendon; Training exercise

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HORSES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 28844475589     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2005.36581     Document Type: Article

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