Heart rates and blood lactate response in thoroughbred horses during a race

Journal of Equine Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 153-160

  Mukai, Kazutaka ^a,b   Takahashi, Toshiyuki ^a   Eto, Daisuke ^a   Ohmura, Hajime ^a   Tsubone, Hirokazu ^b   Hiraga, Atsushi ^a  

^a EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exercise; Heart rate; Horse; Lactate; Race

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

EID: 38549125530     PISSN: 13403516     EISSN: 13477501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1294/jes.18.153     Document Type: Article

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