The study of changes in some blood parameters (glucose, urea, bilirubin, AST) during and after pregnancy in association with nutritional conditions and litter size in ewes

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 387-393

  Firat, Ayşen ^a   Özpinar, Aysel ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

AST; Bilirubin; Ewe; Glucose; Lactation; Pregnancy; Urea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030504604     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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