Changes in heart rate and heart rate variability in Thoroughbreds during prolonged road transportation

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 455-462

  Ohmura, Hajime ^a   Hiraga, Atsushi ^a   Aida, Hiroko ^a   Kuwahara, Masayoshi ^b   Tsubone, Hirokazu ^b   Jones, James H ^c  

^a EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HORSE; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; REST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAVEL; VAGUS NERVE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS; TIME;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HORSES; MALE; STRESS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 33646345616     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.3.455     Document Type: Article

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