Plasma vitamin E and other analyte levels in nepalese camp elephants (Elephas maximus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 269-278

  Shrestha, Sunder P ^a,d   Ullrey, Duane E ^b   Bernard, Joni B ^b   Wemmer, Christen ^c   Kraemer, Duane C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

tocopherol; Asian elephant; Elephas maximus; Nepal; Retinol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; RETINOL;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DIET; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EATING; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE VALUE; SEASON; STANDARD;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIET; EATING; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEASONS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0032150748     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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