Vitamin E deficiency and pansteatitis in juvenile boat-billed herons (Cochlearius cochlearius)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 297-300

  Pollock, Christal G ^a   Sleeman, Jonathan M ^a   Houle, Chris D ^a   Ramsay, Edward C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha tocopherol; Ardeidae; Boat billed heron; Cochlearius cochlearius; Steatitis; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; PATHOLOGY; STEATITIS; ZOO ANIMAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; FATAL OUTCOME; STEATITIS; VITAMIN E; VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0033146761     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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