Cardiac arrhythmias in clinically healthy showjumping horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL. 38, 2010, Pages 196-201

  Buhl, R ^a   Meldgaard, C ^a   Barbesgaard, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmias; Electrocardiography; Exercise; Horse; Showjumping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; SPORTS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 78249237199     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 20423306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2010.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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