Evaluation of the influence of melatonin implants during the gestation period in sheep from a selenium-deficient region

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 404-408

  Andrés, Santiago ^a   Sánchez, Joaquín ^a   Jiménez, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MELATONIN; MELOVINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE FRAGILITY; EWE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY RATE; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MELATONIN; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; SELENIUM; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 63249084575     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.70.3.404     Document Type: Article

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