Effect of vitamins a and e on blood plasma vitamin status and daily body mass gain of different fat-tailed sheep breeds

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-109

  Asadian, A ^a,b   Mezes M ^a   Mirhadi, S A ^b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Res Institute for Animal Husbandry   (Iran)

Author keywords

Body mass gain; Fat tailed sheep; Retinol; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; RETINOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; MALE; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0029680646     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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