Profiling training preparation in young Australian Thoroughbred racehorses

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 419-424

  Cogger, N ^a,b   Perkins, N ^b   Hodgson, D R ^a   Reid, S W ^c   Evans, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Musculoskeletal injury; Performance; Racehorses Thoroughbreds; Training

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; SPORT INJURY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS;

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 54949121732     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2008.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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