Serum and Milk Folates during the First Two Gestations and Lactations in Romanov, Finnsheep, and Suffolk Ewes

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1711-1715

  Girard, C L ^a   Castonguay, F ^a   Fahmy, M H ^a   Matte, J J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Folic Acid; Lactation; Milk; Pregnancy; Serum; Sheep

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; COLOSTRUM; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; COLOSTRUM; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; LACTATION; MILK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SHEEP;

EID: 0030183573     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7471711x     Document Type: Article

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