Associations between yearling body measurements and career racing performance in Thoroughbred racehorses

Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 212-214

  Smith, Adriana M ^a   Staniar, W Burton ^a   Splan, Rebecca K ^a  

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

Author keywords

conformation; correlation; earnings; growth; height

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33646583784     PISSN: 07370806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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