Prospective study of the association between exercise-induced pulmonary haemorrhage and long-term performance in Thoroughbred racehorses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 350-357

  Sullivan, S L ^a   Anderson, G A ^a   Morley, P S ^b   Hinchcliff, K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Horse; Racing performance; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HEMORRHAGE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LUNG DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUNNING; SPORT; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHAGE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LUNG DISEASES; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUNNING; SPORTS;

EID: 84928080516     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 20423306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evj.12263     Document Type: Article

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