Changes in liver copper concentration of Thoroughbred foals from birth to 160 days of age and the effect of prenatal copper supplementation of their dams

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 347-353

  Gee, E K ^a   Grace, N D ^b   Firth, E C ^a   Fennessy, P F ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^c INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Copper; Foal; Horse; Liver; Liver biopsy; Thoroughbred

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS;

COPPER; EDETIC ACID;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; BREEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HORSE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOPSY; BREEDING; COPPER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDETIC ACID; FEMALE; HORSES; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LIVER; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0034185316     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2000.tb11791.x     Document Type: Article

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