Treatment and Control of Peri-Parturient Metabolic Diseases: Pregnancy Toxemia, Hypocalcemia, Hypomagnesemia

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-113

  Brozos, Christos ^a   Mavrogianni, Vasia S ^b   Fthenakis, George C ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Goat; Hypocalcemia; Hypomagnesemia; Metabolic diseases; Pregnancy toxemia; Sheep; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HYPOCALCEMIA; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HYPOCALCEMIA; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78650806344     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2010.10.004     Document Type: Review

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