Serum amyloid A level as a potential indicator of the status of endurance horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL. 38, 2010, Pages 23-27

  Cywinska, A ^a   Gorecka, R ^b   Szarska, E ^c   Witkowski, L ^b   Dziekan, P ^b   Schollenberger, A ^a  

^a Departments of Pathology and Veterinary Diagnostics   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c MILITARY INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute phase proteins; Endurance; Endurance competition; Health status; Horse; Serum amyloid A

Indexed keywords

SERUM AMYLOID A;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 78249243103     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 20423306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2010.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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