Effect of folic acid supplements on homocysteine concentration in plasma of gestating sows

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-85

  Barkow, Birgit ^a   Pietrzik, K ^b   Flachowsky, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Folic acid; Gestaging sows; Homocysteine; Plasma concentration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042912829     PISSN: 0003942X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450390109381967     Document Type: Article

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