Selenium status at the end of the grazing season, reproductive performance and degenerative myopathy in beef herds

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1083-1088

  Waldner, Cheryl L ^a   Van De Weyer, Leanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; POACEAE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SELENIUM;

EID: 82055176300     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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