Musculoskeletal responses of 2-year-old Thoroughbred horses to early training. 1. Study design, and clinical, nutritional, radiological and histological observations

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 261-271

  Firth, E C ^a   Rogers, C W ^a   Perkins, N R ^a   Anderson, B H ^a,b   Grace, N D ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Ballarat Veterinary Practice Equine Clinic   (Australia)

^c AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bone; Exercise; Horse; Joint cartilage; Lesions; Nutrition; Quantification; Race training; Tendon; Wear lines; Workload

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DISEASE; BREED; CHONDROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FOOD INTAKE; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; MUSCLE TISSUE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PHALANX; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TENDON DISEASE; TRAINING; VELOCITY;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 6344256489     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2004.36438     Document Type: Article

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