Vitamin E and vitamin A contents, fatty acid profiles, and gross composition of harp and hooded seal milk through lactation

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 952-958

  Debier, C ^a   Kovacs, K M ^b   Lydersen, C ^c   Mignolet, E ^a   Larondelle, Y ^a  

^a U de Biochimie de la Nutrition   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTOPHORA CRISTATA; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033306304     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-059     Document Type: Article

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