Arsenic: It's extent of pollution and toxicosis: An animal perspective

Veterinary World

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-58

  Roy, Debashis ^a   Das, Tapan Kumar ^b   Vaswani, Shalini ^a  

^a Uttar Pradesh Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go Anusandhan Sansthan   (India)

^b NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Arsenic; Chronic toxicity; Immunity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE;

EID: 84876712758     PISSN: 09728988     EISSN: 22310916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5455/vetworld.2013.53-58     Document Type: Article

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