A survey of feeding, management and faecal pH of Thoroughbred racehorses in the North Island of New Zealand

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 337-341

  Williamson, A ^a   Rogers, C W ^a   Firth, E C ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Faecal pH; Feeding; Horse; Nutrition; Racehorse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPORT; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HORSES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SPORTS; TIME FACTORS;

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 38549159097     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2007.36790     Document Type: Article

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