A retrospective study of chronic copper poisoning in 79 sheep flocks in Greece (1987-2007)

Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-183

  Roubies, N ^b   Giadinis, N D ^a,b   Polizopoulou, Z ^b   Argiroudis, S ^b  

^a Aristotle University of Thessaloniki ^*  (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREECE; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HERD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTOXICATION; JAUNDICE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SYMPTOM; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THIRST; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPPER; GREECE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MEDICAL RECORDS; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 40149086573     PISSN: 01407783     EISSN: 13652885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2885.2007.00933.x     Document Type: Article

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