Correlation between plasma α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone concentration and body mass index in healthy horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1469-1473

  Donaldson, Mark T ^a   McFarlane, Dianne ^b   Jorgensen, Alec J R ^a   Beech, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ALPHA-MSH; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STATISTICS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 9444284285     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.1469     Document Type: Article

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