Vitamin E and selenium levels are within normal range in pigs diagnosed with mulberry heart disease and evidence for viral involvement in the syndrome is lacking

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 483-491

  Shen, H ^a   Thomas, P R ^a   Ensley, S M ^a   Kim, W I ^a,b   Loynachan, A T ^a   Halbur, P G ^a   Opriessnig, T ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mulberry heart disease; Pigs; Trace minerals; Viruses; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIET; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE; LIVER; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; DIET; HEART DISEASES; LIVER; MYOCARDIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELENIUM; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRACE ELEMENTS; VIRUS DISEASES; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA; ARTERIVIRUS; CIRCOVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; MORUS (ANGIOSPERM); PESTIVIRUS; PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS 2; PORCINE PARVOVIRUS; PORCINE RESPIRATORY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYNDROME VIRUS; SUIDAE; SUS; TESCHOVIRUS;

EID: 80255137047     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2011.01224.x     Document Type: Article

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