Creatinine ratios in random sampled and 24-hour urines of white-tailed deer

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 381-387

  Delgiudice, Glenn D ^a,b   Asleson, Mark A ^c   Varner, Larry ^d   Hellgren, Eric C ^c,e   Riggs, Michael R ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^d Purina Mills Inc   (United States)

^e OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

24 hour urines; deer; nutrition; Odocoileus virginianus; physiology; potassium:creatinine; single urines; urea nitrogen:creatinine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029842129     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802239     Document Type: Article

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