Iron and iron/manganese ratio in forage from Icelandic sheep farms: relation to scrapie

This study was undertaken in order to examine whether any connection existed between the amounts of iron in forage and the sporadic occurrence of scrapie observed in certain parts of Iceland. As iron and manganese are considered antagonistic in plants, calculation of the Fe/Mn ratios was also includ...

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Published in:Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
Main Authors: Gudmundsdóttir, KB, Sigurdarson, S, Kristinsson, J, Eiríksson, T, Jóhannesson, T
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2006
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Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1569367
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16987395
https://doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-48-16