Comparison of tracheal aspirates before and after high-speed treadmill exercise in racehorses

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 414-419

  Malikides, N ^a   Hughes, K J ^b   Hodgson, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise physiology; Racehorses; Tracheal aspirates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOLOGY; SPORT; TIME; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; SPORTS; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEA;

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 34848881369     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2007.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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