Vitamin D-responsive rickets in neonatal lambs

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 841-844

  Van Saun, Robert J ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BOSE; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; COLECALCIFEROL; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHATE; RETINOL; SELENIUM; TETANUS TOXIN; VITAMIN D;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; LAMB; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; RICKETS; TETANUS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; RICKETS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VITAMIN D;

BOS TAURUS; CLOSTRIDIUM; LAMB; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 8644265306     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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