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Heritability of sudden cardiac death in Thoroughbred racehorses
10 Jul 2024
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is an important cause of exercise-associated fatalities in Thoroughbred racehorses. Equine deaths share similarities with fatalities in human athletes that result from inherited cardiac disease. Whilst genetic causes have been postulated in horses, these have not been confirmed and heritability of SCD has not previously been estimated in Thoroughbred racehorses. OBJECTIVES:...
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