Musculoskeletal responses of 2-year-old Thoroughbred horses to early training. 4. Morphometric, microscopic and biomechanical properties of the digital tendons of the forelimb

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 285-292

  Firth, E C ^a   Rogers, C W ^a   Anderson, B H ^a,b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Ballarat Veterinary Practice Equine Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

Density; Digital tendon; Horse; Tensile testing; Training

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREED; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; INFLAMMATION; METACARPAL BONE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RIGIDITY; STRESS; TENDINITIS; TENDON; TRAINING; WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 6344233324     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2004.36441     Document Type: Article

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