Assessment and comparison of blood plasma mineral concentrations of different classes of grazing sheep

Trace Elements and Electrolytes

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-13

  Khan, Z I ^a,b   Hussain, A ^b   Ashraf, M ^b   McDowell, L R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Grazing sheep; Minerals; Nutrition; Plasma

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MINERAL; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELECTROLYTE INTAKE; FEMALE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATION; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MANGANESE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELENIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SHEEP; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 38549181284     PISSN: 09462104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/TEP25007     Document Type: Article

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