Musculoskeletal responses of 2-year-old Thoroughbred horses to early training. 8. Quantitative back-scattered electron scanning electron microscopy and confocal fluorescence microscopy of the epiphysis of the third metacarpal bone

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-132

  Boyde, A ^a   Firth, E C ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bone; Exercise; Horse; Osteoporosis; Scanning electron microscopy; Sclerosis; Subchondral bone

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE TISSUE; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY; EPIPHYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HORSE; LAMELLAR BODY; METACARPAL BONE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; RADIOGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; HORSES; METACARPUS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 6344279052     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2005.36489     Document Type: Article

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