Myocardial dystrophy in camel calves in the United Arab Emirates (field cases)

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-17

  El Khouly, A A ^a   Abbas, T A ^a   Moustafa, T ^a  

^a Vet Laboratory Animal Resources   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Calves; Camels; Selenium; Vitamin E; White muscle disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349174062     PISSN: 2079052X     EISSN: 20790538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9755/ejfa.v13i1.5223     Document Type: Article

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