Effects of α-Tocopherol and Selenium on Pregnant Sows and their Piglets' Immunity and Performance

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 545-553

  Mavromatis, J ^a   Koptopoulos, G ^a   Kyriakis, S C ^a   Papasteriadis, A ^a   Saoulidis, K ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; LITTER SIZE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SWINE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; PREGNANCY; SELENIUM; SWINE; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0041630953     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0442.1999.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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