Effects of Exercise on Young Thoroughbreds’ Knees
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
May 18, 2012
Researchers found that foals turned out to pasture had similar joint defects as those exercised daily.
Researchers found that foals turned out to pasture had similar joint defects as those exercised daily.
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