The physiological state of captive and migrating Great White Pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) revealed by their blood chemistry

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-32

  Shmueli, Marva ^a   Izhaki, Ido ^b   Zinder, Oren ^a   Arad, Zeev ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blood chemistry; Dehydration; Diet; Energy; Food deprivation; Migration; Pelecanus onocrotalus; Stop over

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; POTASSIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEHYDRATION; DIET; ENERGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING; FOOD DEPRIVATION; ISRAEL; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SEASON; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WINTER;

AVES; PELECANIDAE; PELECANUS ONOCROTALUS;

EID: 0034120328     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00162-2     Document Type: Article

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