Serum biochemistry of captive and free-ranging gray wolves (Canis lupus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 435-440

  Constable, Peter ^a   Hinchcliff, Ken ^b   Demma, Nick ^c   Callahan, Margaret ^d   Dale, Bruce ^e   Fox, Kevin ^c   Adams, Layne ^f   Wack, Ray ^g   Kramer, Lynn ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d Wildlife Science Center   (United States)

^e ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g Columbus Zoo ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Activity level; Corticosteroid induced alkaline phosphatase; Exercise; Gray wolf

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; WILD ANIMAL; WOLF; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; WOLVES;

EID: 0032247838     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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