Physiological changes in the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) following relocation from Armidale to Brisbane, Australia

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-49

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OPOSSUM; PHYSIOLOGY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MORTALITY; OPOSSUMS; THYROXINE;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0033564732     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990615)284:1<42::AID-JEZ7>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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