Vitamin E supplementation for the ruminant

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 273-296

  McDowell, L R ^a   Williams, S N ^b   Hidiroglou, N ^c   Njeru, C A ^d   Hill, G M ^e   Ochoa, L ^f   Wilkinson, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f Carvajal Organization   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Requirement; Selenium; Status; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0001677115     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-8401(96)00982-0     Document Type: Article

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