Acta Vet. Brno 2023, 92: 27-30

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb202392010027

Effects of osteopathic manual therapy on the autonomic and immune systems and the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis in the horse

Giedrė Vokietytė-Vilėniškė, Gabrielė Babarskaitė, Eglė Pakalniškytė, Vytuolis Žilaitis

Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Veterinary Academy, Faculty of Veterinary, Large Animal Clinic, Kaunas, Lithuania

Received May 9, 2022
Accepted December 13, 2022

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