Liveweight gain and copper status of young deer treated or untreated with copper oxide wire particles on ten deer farms in Canterbury

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-20

  Nicol, A M ^a   Keeley, M J ^a   Guild, C D H ^b   Isherwood, P ^a   Sykes, A R ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Quartz Hill Station   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Copper; Deer; Liveweight gain; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MOLYBDENUM;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DEER; NONHUMAN; SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE;

EID: 0037301252     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2003.36324     Document Type: Article

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