Docosahexaenoic acid and neurologic development in animals

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 228, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 700-705

  Heinemann, Kimberly M ^a,b   Bauer, John E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U Victoria   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

BRAIN FUNCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOGS; FEMALE; LACTATION; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RETINA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33644793177     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.228.5.700     Document Type: Review

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