The influence of exercise during growth on ultrasonographic parameters of the superficial digital flexor tendon of young Thoroughbred horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 136-140

  Moffat, P A ^a   Firth, E C ^b   Rogers, C W ^a   Smith, R K W ^c   Barneveld, A ^e   Goodship, A E ^c   Kawcak, C E ^d   McIlwraith, C W ^d   Van Weeren, P R ^e  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b National Research Centre for Growth and Development Auckland   (New Zealand)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early exercise; Exercise; Flexor tendon; Horse; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TENDON; TENDON INJURY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS;

EID: 41949140368     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516408X253109     Document Type: Article

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