Faecal cortisol metabolite excretion and stress in Standardbred Trotters under field conditions and during treadmill training

Wiener Tierarztliche Monatsschrift

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 31-36

  Jakubowska, I ^a,b   Rettenbacher, S ^a,b   Van Den Hoven, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b DECEIM   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical activity; Horse; Recurrent exteritonal rhabdomyolysis; Standard exercise test; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 77449152431     PISSN: 0043535X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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