Outside Magazine, March 2010
By Brian Alexander
It's the Dog In You
An Oklahoma veterinary scientist named Mike Davis says there's no doubt about it: The world's greatest athletes, of any species, are the canines who pull sleds at the Iditarod. Now, in a project funded by the Pentagon's research arm, he's coming up with ways to make us more like them.
see story:http://outside.away.com/outside/bodywork/201003/sled-dogs-human-athletic-performance-research-1.html
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According to a report published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, of those dogs who finish the Iditarod, 81 percent have lung damage. A report published in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine said that 61 percent of the dogs who complete the Iditarod have ulcers versus zero percent pre-race. A 2005 study found that sustained strenuous exercise makes the dogs anemic, exhausted. The dogs are not the "wonder dogs" Dr. Davis portrays them to be. For more facts about the Iditarod, visit the Sled Dog Action Coalition website, http://www.helpsleddogs.org.
I'll check it out, thanks!
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