Performance in racehorses of various colours

Livestock Science

Volumn 106, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 282-286

  Stachurska, A ^a   Pieta, M ^a   Lojek J ^b   Szulowska, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coat colour; Horse; Racehorse; Racing performance

Indexed keywords

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33845942547     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.07.017     Document Type: Article

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