Urinary 3-methylhistidine and progressive winter undernutrition in white-tailed deer

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2090-2095

  DelGiudice, Glenn D ^a,b   Kerr, Ken D ^a   Mech, L David ^c,e   Riggs, Michael R ^a   Seal, Ulysses S ^d  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Carlos Avery Wildl Management Area ^*  (United States)

^e NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

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ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0032461029     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-148     Document Type: Article

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