Effect of pre- and postpartum Selenium supplementation in sheep

Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-67

  Hefnawy, Abd Elghany ^a   Lopez Arellano R ^a   Revilla Vazquez A ^a   Ramirez Bribiesca E ^a   Tortora Perez J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados Chapingo ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Allantoic; Colostrum; Milk; Plasma; Selenium (Se)

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949122897     PISSN: 16805593     EISSN: 1993601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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