Evaluation of Vitamin E and Selenium Supplementation in Late Gestation on Lamb Survival and Pre-Weaning Growth

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 506-511

  Ali, A ^a   Morrical, D G ^a   Hoffman, M P ^a   Al Essa, M F ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Selenium; Sheep; Survival; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008193694     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31355-3     Document Type: Article

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