Content and distribution of macro- and micro-elements in the body of pasture-fed young horses

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 172-176

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

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bone; Horse; Mineral element concentrations; Mineral requirements; Soft tissue; Thoroughbred

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

CALCIUM; COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MINERAL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFUR; ZINC;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; METABOLISM; POACEAE; REFERENCE VALUE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; COPPER; FEMALE; HORSES; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MANGANESE; MINERALS; PHOSPHORUS; POACEAE; POTASSIUM; REFERENCE VALUES; SODIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SULFUR; ZINC;

EID: 0033087276     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1999.tb11228.x     Document Type: Article

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