The 'mysterious' disease in Swedish moose. Concentrations of trace elements in liver and kidneys and clinical chemistry. Comparison with experimental molybdenosis and copper deficiency in the goat

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 249, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 107-122

  Frank, Adrian ^a   Danielsson, Rolf ^b   Jones, Bernt ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Copper deficiency; Environment; Insulin; Magnesium; Molybdenosis; Moose; Thyroxine; Trace and micro element interactions; Urea

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BILIRUBIN; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COBALT; COPPER; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CREATINE KINASE; FATTY ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; INSULIN; IRON; LEAD; LIVER ENZYME; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; PLASMA PROTEIN; SELENIUM; THYROXINE; TRACE ELEMENT; UREA; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; DISEASE; MAMMAL; TRACE METAL;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BOVIDS; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER DEFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENT; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; GOAT; KIDNEY; LIVER LEVEL; MOSS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD PROTEINS; COPPER; DEER; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; GOATS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOLYBDENUM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SWEDEN; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SWEDEN;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0034678757     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00515-X     Document Type: Article

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