The incidence and severity of gastric ulceration does not increase in overtrained Standardbred horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL. 38, 2010, Pages 58-61

  Graaf Roelfsema, E ^a   Keizer, H A ^b   Wijnberg, I D ^a   Van Der Kolk, J H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Exercise; Horse; Overtraining; Stomach; Ulcerations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH ULCER;

ANIMALS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; STOMACH ULCER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 78249253337     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 20423306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2010.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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