Nutritional muscular degeneration in young heifers.
Young heifers with nutritional muscular degeneration had relatively low serum tocopherol values despite being on pasture which contained high levels of vitamin E. One possible explanation may be that vitamin E was destroyed within the rumen, another that the clinical symptoms arose very soon after turning out the animals.
Pehrson
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Hakkarainen
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Työppönen
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D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D012643:Selenium / Q000032:analysis / Q000172:deficiency*
D012643:Selenium