White muscle disease in three selenium deficient beef and dairy calves in Argentina and Uruguay

White muscle disease (WMD), nutritional myodegeneration or enzootic muscular dystrophy, is a nutritional condition associated with selenium and/or vitamin E deficiency in ruminants. These elements are constituents of the major body antioxidant systems. Depletion of selenium results in oxidative dama...

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Main Authors: Rodriguez, Alejandro Martin, Schild, Carlos Omar, Canton, German Jose, Riet-Correa, Franklin, Armendano, Joaquín Ignacio, Caffarena, Rubén Dario, Brambilla, Emilio Cesar, García, Juan Agustín, Morrell, Eleonora Lidia, Poppenga, Robert, Giannitti, Federico
Format: Artículo
Language:Inglés
Published: Centro de Ciências Rurais, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2739
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/cr/v48n5/1678-4596-cr-48-05-e20170733.pdf
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0103-8478cr20170733

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