Selenium concentration in blood and hair of Holstein dairy cows

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-150

  Christodoulopoulos, G ^a   Roubies, N ^b   Karatzias, H ^b   Papasteriadis, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blood; Cows; Hair color; Selenium

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DAIRY CATTLE; FEEDING; FOOD COMPOSITION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR COLOR; HAIR LEVEL; NONHUMAN; SILAGE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; SELENIUM; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0037300860     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:91:2:145     Document Type: Article

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