Effect of vitamin E and selenium on blood glutathione peroxidase activity and some immunological parameters in sheep

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-5

  Milad, K ^a   Racz, O ^b   Sipulova, A ^b   Bajova, V ^a   Kováč, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cellular immunity; Glutathione preoxidase; Selenium; Sheep; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346977335     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/7843-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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