'Mysterious' moose disease in Sweden. Similarities to copper deficiency and/or molybdenosis in cattle and sheep. Biochemical background of clinical signs and organ lesions

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-26

  Frank, Adrian ^a  

^a Centre for Metal Biology in Uppsala   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Copper deficiency; Liming; Molybdenosis; Moose

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (COPPER CONTAINING); COPPER; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MOLYBDENUM; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN LYSINE 6 OXIDASE;

ACID RAIN; ALOPECIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CATTLE DISEASE; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DIARRHEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART FAILURE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACID RAIN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COPPER; DEER; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; MOLYBDENUM; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWEDEN;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032495492     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00303-3     Document Type: Article

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