Short communication: Oxidative status and incidence of mastitis relative to blood α-tocopherol concentrations in the postpartum period in dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 7331-7335

  Politis, I ^a   Theodorou, G ^a   Lampidonis, A D ^a   Kominakis, A ^a   Baldi, A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

tocopherol; Incidence of mastitis; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

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EID: 84869501768     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5866     Document Type: Article

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