Factors affecting trace element status in calves in NW Spain

Livestock Science

Volumn 123, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 198-208

  Blanco Penedo, I ^a   Shore, R F ^b   Miranda, M ^a   Benedito, J L ^a   Lopez Alonso M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Concentrate; Copper toxicity; Husbandry practices; Trace metal deficiency; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE;

EID: 67349172163     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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