Exercise and the height of horses

Hodges, A.A.; Harrison, A.G.; Wathes, C.M.

Veterinary Record 118(5): 121-123

1986


ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4900
PMID: 3962112
Document Number: 278842
The heights of 89 horses were measured at the withers before and after half a furlong of trotting exercise. The mean height increase after exercise was 1.75 +or- 0.86 cm and the horses returned to their resting height within seven minutes. There was no linear relationship between gain in height and pre-exercise height.

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