Nutritional muscular dystrophy in a four-day-old Connemara foal

Irish Veterinary Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-124

  Katz, Lisa M ^a   O'Dwyer, S ^a   Pollock, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elevated muscle; Enzymes; Equine; Foal; Nutritional muscular dystrophy; Selenium; Vitamin E; Weakness; White muscle disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 60749093317     PISSN: 03680762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-0481-62-2-119     Document Type: Article

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