Gizzard myoglobin contents and feeding habits in avian species

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-43

  Enoki, Yasunori ^a   Morimoto, Tomotoshi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birds; Buffering capacity; Capillarity; Circulation; Feeding habit; Gizzard; Myoglobin; Oxygen; Skeletal muscle; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

MYOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; BIRD; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE LEVEL; TITRIMETRY;

AVES;

EID: 0034117031     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00161-0     Document Type: Article

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