Effect of dietary iodine on thyroid hormones and energy blood metabolites in lactating goats

Aim of this work was to evaluate if long-term dietary supplementation of potassium iodide (KI) to dairy goats can influence metabolic and hormonal parameters. Thirty Sarda crossbred dairy goats were divided into three groups, which were orally administered 0 (control group; CON), 0.45 (low iodine gr...

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Main Authors: A. Nudda, G. Battacone, G. Bomboi, B. Floris, M. Decandia, G. Pulina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731112001073