Vitamin C Plasma Concentrations and Leg Weakness in the Forelegs of Growing Pigs

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 165-178

  Armocida, A ^a   Beskow, P ^b   Amcoff, P ^a   Kallner, A ^c   Ekman, S ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Animal Health Service   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GROWTH PLATE; JOINT; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GROWTH PLATE; JOINTS; MALE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0035317362     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0442.2001.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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