Use of body measurements and serum metabolites to estimate the nutritional status of mallards wintering in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, USA

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-63

  Dabbert, C Brad ^a,b   Martin, Thomas E ^a,c   Powell, Ken C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Montana Coop Wildlife Research Unit   (United States)

^d Cobb Vantress ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Carcass composition; Chemistry; Mallards; Nutritional status; Serum

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DUCK; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARKANSAS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DUCKS; FEMALE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEINS; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0030638345     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.1.57     Document Type: Article

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