The effect of age and sex on selected hematologic and serum biochemical analytes in 4,804 elite endurance-trained sled dogs participating in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race pre-race examination program

• Sara L. Connolly ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sconnoll@illinois.edu

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9233-0338

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• Stuart Nelson,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources

  Affiliation Iditarod Trail Committee, Wasilla, Alaska, United States of America

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• Tabitha Jones,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Iditarod Trail Committee, Wasilla, Alaska, United States of America

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• Julia Kahn,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Veterinary Specialty Center, Buffalo Grove, Illinois, United States of America

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• Peter D. Constable

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

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