Profiling the careers of Thoroughbred horses racing in Australia between 2000 and 2010

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 182-186

  Velie, B D ^a   Wade, C M ^a   Hamilton, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Horse; Performance; Racehorse; Wastage

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SPORT; STATISTICS;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RUNNING; SPORTS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 84873153622     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 20423306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2012.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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