Evaluation of the influences of exercise, birth date, and osteochondrosis on plasma bone marker concentrations in Hanoverian Warmblood foals

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1319-1323

  Vervuert, Ingrid ^a,e   Winkelsett, Sarah ^a   Christmann, Ludwig ^b   Bruns, Erich ^c   Hoppen, Hans Otto ^a   Distl, Ottmar ^a   Hertsch, Bodo ^d   Coenen, Manfred ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Hanoverian Breeders Association   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOXY TERMINAL PROPEPTIDE; CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; COLLAGEN; OSTEOCALCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BONE METABOLISM; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE TURNOVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOAL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; OSTEOLYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; OSTEOCALCIN; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PROCOLLAGEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 37249091257     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.68.12.1319     Document Type: Article

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