Histopathologic and Ultrastructural Alterations of White Liver Disease in Sheep Experimentally Depleted of Cobalt

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 575-584

  Kennedy, S ^a   McConnell, S ^a   Anderson, H ^a   Kennedy, D G ^a   Young, P B ^a   Blanchflower, W J ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cobalt deficiency; Fatty acids; Fatty liver; Lipid peroxidation; Lipofuscin; Sheep; Triglyceride; Ultrastructure; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; COBALT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLMALONYL COENZYME A MUTASE;

ALOPECIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIET; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ALOPECIA; ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; COBALT; DIET; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, SMOOTH; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; METHYLMALONYL-COA MUTASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0031265567     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030098589703400605     Document Type: Article

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