Seasonal variation of vitamin A and beta-carotene levels in Ghezel sheep

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-129

  Afshari, Gholamreza ^a   Hasanpoor, Ali ^b   Hagpanah, Hadi ^b   Amoughli Tabrizi, Bahram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Beta carotene; Ghezel sheep; Liver; Serum; Spectrophotometry; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 42049097203     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: 13036181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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