Selenium, vitamin E and vitamin A status in dairy sheep reared under different feeding systems in Greece

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 123-127

  Panousis, N ^a   Giadinis, N ^a   Roubies, N ^a   Fytianou, A ^a   Kalaitzakis, E ^a   Pourliotis, K ^a   Polizopoulou, Z ^a   Karatzias, H ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; RETINOL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GREECE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GREECE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SELENIUM; SHEEP; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33947356189     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: 14390442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2007.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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