Changes in whole blood oxygen affinity and eggshell permeability in high altitude chickens translocated to sea level

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-57

  Leon Velarde F ^a   Mejia O ^a   Palacios, J A ^a   Monge C, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Avian physiology; Avian reproduction; Chicken; Eggshell permeability; Hemoglobin oxygen affinity; High altitude

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EGG SHELL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030827392     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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