Physiological variables of horses after road transport
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Physiological variables of horses after road transport.
In order to investigate the effects of short road transport stress on total and free iodothyronines, body weight (BW), rectal temperature and heart rate (HR) changes, 126 healthy stallions were studied in basal conditions, before and after transport. A total of 60 Thoroughbred and 66 crossbred stallions aged 4 to 15 years with previous travelling experience were transported by road in a commerc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Animal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1751-7311
DOI: 10.1017/s1751731109004777