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A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of Feeding and Daily Variation on Plasma Acid-Base Status in Resting Horses A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of Graduate Studies of The University of Guelph by KERRI JO SMITHURST, 2003 Conclusions: Daily variation in the measured blood constituents identified in this study was due to either feeding or [...]

LITERATURE REVIEW by Kerri-Jo Smithurst, University of Guelph A Summary of the Effects of Feeding and Daily Variation on Acid-Base Status in Resting Horses Plasma acid-base state affects, and may also be a reflection of, the health of equine athletes. The physicochemical model, as developed by Stewart (1981), defines the blood constituents that effect or [...]