Hypocalcaemia in Ossimi sheep associated with feeding on beet tops (Beta vulgaris)

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-205

  El Khodery, Sabry ^a   El Boshy, Mohamed ^a   Gaafar, Khalid ^b   Elmashad, Abdelbaset ^c  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b Shebin Alkom   (Egypt)

^c Benha University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Beet tops; Egypt; Hypocalcemia; Hypomagnesemia; Ossimi sheep

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 44449115097     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: 13036181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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