Osteochondrosis associated with copper deficiency in a red deer herd in Norway

Veterinary Record

Volumn 155, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 676-678

  Handeland, K ^a   Bernhoft, A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COPPER; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; CARCASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HERD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; RED DEER;

ANIMALIA; ATAXIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 9744270020     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.155.21.676     Document Type: Article

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