Skin lesions in alpacas and llamas with low zinc and copper status - A preliminary report

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 302-305

  Clauss, Marcus ^a   Lendl, Christine ^b   Schramel, Peter ^c   Jurgen Streich W ^d  

^a Institute for Animal Physiology   (Germany)

^b Veterinary Clinic Gessertshausen   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Inst of Zoo Biol and Wildl Res   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpaca; Deficiency; Llama; Minerals; Wool

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IVERMECTIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER METABOLISM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SKIN DEFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ZINC METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; COPPER; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; SKIN DISEASES; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; LAMA (CAMEL); LAMA GLAMA; LAMA PACOS;

EID: 1842531127     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-0233(03)00122-9     Document Type: Article

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