Observations on the Efficacy of Various Forms of Selenium for Livestock: A Review

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 280-291

  Oldfield, J E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; REVIEW;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0031225671     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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