Goyal H O, MacCallum F J, Brown M P, Delack J B
Can Vet J. 1981 Feb;22(2):31-3.
Measurements were made of growth at the extremities of all the long bones of the left limbs of 23 horses between 52 and 104 days of age. Growth rates were more rapid in the younger than in the older animals. Growth was more rapid in the hind limb than in the forelimb. Growth rates were greater for males than in females. Although this age group represents only two of the 60 or so months necessary for maturity to be reached, oxytetracycline bone-labelling produced results which are more precise than measurements obtained by other methods. This study provides a substantial amount of data for an age group of horses whose growth rate has not been well documented.
对23匹52至104日龄马左前肢所有长骨末端的生长情况进行了测量。幼龄动物的生长速度比老龄动物更快。后肢的生长比前肢更快。雄性的生长速度比雌性更快。尽管这个年龄组仅占达到成熟所需的60个月左右中的两个月，但土霉素骨标记产生的结果比通过其他方法获得的测量结果更精确。本研究为一个生长速度尚未得到充分记录的马龄组提供了大量数据。
