A survey of serum and dietary carotenoids in captive wild animals

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 380-390

  Slifka, Kerri A ^a,b   Bowen, Phyllis E ^b   Stacewicz Sapuntzakis, Maria ^b   Crissey, Susan D ^a  

^a BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Dietary carotenoids; Exotic animals; Serum carotenoids

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; CRYPTOXANTHIN; LYCOPENE; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DOLPHIN; FELIDAE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOVIDAE; FELIDAE; PRIMATES; UNGULATA;

EID: 0032915356     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.2.380     Document Type: Article

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