Efficacy of sodium borate in the prevention of fatty liver in dairy cows

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 732-735

  Basoglu, Abdullah ^a   Sevinc, Mutlu ^a   Birdane, Fatih M ^a   Boydak, Murat ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Borax; Cattle; Hepatic lipidosis

Indexed keywords

BORATE SODIUM; BORIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PUERPERIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BORATES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, VLDL; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0036834602     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2002.tb02416.x     Document Type: Article

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