Immunological effects of feeding macroalgae and various vitamin E supplements in Norwegian white sheep-ewes and their offspring

Livestock Science

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 126-136

  Novoa Garrido, M ^a   Aanensen, L ^a   Lind, V ^a   Larsen, H J S ^b   Jensen, S K ^c   Govasmark, E ^a,d   Steinshamn, H ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Oslo Municipality ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Ascophyllum nodosum; Feed supplement; Immunological parameters; Sheep; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; BOVIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SP.; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84906943980     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2014.05.021     Document Type: Article

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