Influence of Source and Quantity of Supplemental Vitamin E on Equine Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid -Tocopherol and Its Implication for Neurologic Diseases
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Practitioners should consider supplementing horses with neurologic disorders with micellized natural vitamin E at a level of 5–10 IU per lb body weight (10–20 IU per kg). A 1,000-lb. horse should receive 5,000–10,000 IU daily. Authors’ addresses: 2414 1st Avenue #506, Seattle, Washington 98121 (Kane); 112 Bedford Road, Bedford, Texas 76022 (Stuart) and University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616 (Pusterla); e-mail: [email protected]. © 2010 AAEP.
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تاریخ انتشار 2010