Vitamin A depletion and repletion in thoroughbred horses

The purpose of this research was to study vitamin A status in grazing horses throughout the year and to evaluate the effectiveness of vitamin A and β-carotene as supplements. Vitamin A status was assessed by serum retinol concentrations (SR) and the relative dose response (RDR) which was adapted for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greiwe-Crandell, Kathleen M.
Other Authors: Animal Science
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/38134
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-155702/