Oral folic acid supplementation decreases palate and/or lip cleft occurrence in Pug and Chihuahua puppies and elevates folic acid blood levels in pregnant bitches

Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-37

  Domoslawska A ^a   Jurczak, A ^a   Janowski, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dogs; Folic acid supplementation; Palate lip clefting

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; PREGNANCY; VITAMINS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879371950     PISSN: 15051773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/pjvs-2013-0005     Document Type: Article

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