Effect of cobalt supplementation on serum vitamin B12 levels, weight gain and survival rate in lambs grazing cobalt-deficient pastures

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-5

  Vellema, P ^a   Moll, L ^a   Barkema, H W ^a   Schukken, Y H ^b  

^a Animal Health Service Drachten   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; LAMB; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL RATE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COBALT; FEMALE; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SURVIVAL RATE; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031419047     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.1997.9694727     Document Type: Article

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