Physical and Biochemical Abnormalities Associated with Prolonged Entrapment in a Desert Tortoise

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 361-366

  Christopher, Mary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical biochemistry; Dehydration; Desert tortoise; Entrapment; Gopherus agassizii; Starvation

Indexed keywords

GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; TESTUDINIDAE; YUCCA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; DESERT CLIMATE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HIBERNATION; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TURTLE; UNITED STATES; UREMIA; WATER DEPRIVATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DESERT CLIMATE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HIBERNATION; MALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NEVADA; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES; UREMIA; WATER DEPRIVATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0033109619     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.2.361     Document Type: Article

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