Effect of copper supplementation on the evidence of developmental orthopaedic disease in pasture-fed New Zealand Thoroughbreds

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-218

  Pearce, S G ^a   Firth, E C ^a   Grace, N D ^b   Fennessy, P F ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^c INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Copper; Developmental orthopaedic disease; Horse; New Zealand; Pasture; Thoroughbred

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS;

COPPER; COPPER SULFATE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOPSY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE DISEASE; CHONDROPATHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LIMB; MALE; METABOLISM; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOPSY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE DISEASES; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0032065302     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1998.tb04490.x     Document Type: Article

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