Performance traits and metabolic responses in goats (Capra hircus) supplemented with inorganic trivalent chromium

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-123

  Haldar, Sudipto ^a   Mondal, Souvik ^a   Samanta, Saikat ^a   Ghosh, Tapan Kumar ^a  

^a WEST BENGAL UNIVERSITY OF ANIMAL AND FISHERY SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chromium; Goats; Nutrient metabolism; Serum metabolites; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHROMIUM CHLORIDE; COPPER; GLUCOSE; IRON; MANGANESE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; ZINC; CHROMIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASTRATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FOOD COMPOSITION; GOAT; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; BLOOD; PHYSIOLOGY;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMIUM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GOATS; MALE; METABOLISM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 73949154145     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-009-8356-3     Document Type: Article

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