Measuring the height at the withers of ponies at a competition and at home using a laser device

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-197

  Kleijn, W M ^a   Sloet van Oldruitenborgh Oosterbaan, M M ^a  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

FEI; Height at withers; Laser measuring device; Pony measurement

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOME; HORSE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; MALE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; HORSES; LASERS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 69949084418     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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