Studies on 'zinc deficiency syndrome' in black bengal goats (Capra hircus) fed with fodder (Andropogon gayanus) grown on soil treated with an excess of calcium and phosphorus fertilizer

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 541-546

  Ray, S K ^a   Roychoudhury, R ^a   Bandopadhyay, S K ^a   Basu, S ^a  

^a WEST BENGAL UNIVERSITY OF ANIMAL AND FISHERY SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Calcium; Fertilizer; Goat; Keratin; Phosphorus; Skin; Testis; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FERTILIZER; PHOSPHORUS; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

ALOPECIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; GAIT DISORDER; GOAT; GROWTH RETARDATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LETHARGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOIL TREATMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ALOPECIA; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; FERTILIZERS; GAIT; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; GROWTH; HAIR; HYPERPLASIA; INDIA; MALE; PHOSPHORUS; SKIN; SOIL; SYNDROME; TESTIS; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

ANDROPOGON GAYANUS; ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0030671147     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005914713549     Document Type: Article

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