Physiological changes in brushtail possums, Trichosurus vulpecula, transferred from the wild to captivity

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 280, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 203-212

  Baker, Michelle L ^a   Gemmell, Erica ^a   Gemmell, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OPOSSUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; OPOSSUMS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THYROXINE;

EID: 0032519848     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980215)280:3<203::AID-JEZ1>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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