Selenium deficiency associations with gender, breed, serum vitamin E and creatine kinase, clinical signs and diagnoses in horses of different age groups: A retrospective examination 1996-2011

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 43, 2012, Pages 31-35

  Streeter, R M ^a   Divers, T J ^a   Mittel, L ^a   Korn, A E ^a   Wakshlag, J J ^a  

^a Cornell University DCS ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Horse; Selenium; Vitamin; White muscle disease

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CREATINE KINASE; SELENIUM;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELENIUM; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 84870314540     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 20423306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2012.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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