Variation in vitamin E, glutathione peroxidase and retinol concentrations in blood plasma of primiparous sows and their piglets, and in vitamin E, selenium and retinol contents in sows' milk

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica - Section A: Animal Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 224-234

  Hakansson J ^a   Hakkarainen, J ^a   Lundeheim, N ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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EID: 0035564830     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064700152717209     Document Type: Article

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