Copper supplementation, velvet antler production and growth of rising 2-year-old red deer stags

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 177-181

  Walker, I H ^a   Wilson, P R ^b   Beckett, S D ^c  

^a Hawkes Bay Veterinary Services   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c Biosecurity Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antler growth; Antlers; Copper supplementation; Growth; Liver copper; Red deer; Serum ferroxidase

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; OXIDE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY GROWTH; CALCULATION; COLOR; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH RATE; HORN; LIVER WEIGHT; MINERAL INTAKE; NONHUMAN; SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 0036773980     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2002.36307     Document Type: Article

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