Days lost from training by two- and three-year-old Thoroughbred horses: A survey of seven UK training yards

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 650-657

  Dyson, P K ^a   Jackson, B F ^a   Pfeiffer, D U ^a   Price, J S ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Days lost; Fracture; Horse; Lameness; Thoroughbred; Training

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STRESS FRACTURE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; GREAT BRITAIN; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INCIDENCE; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 55849094343     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516408X363242     Document Type: Article

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