Physiological effects of a fish oil supplement on captive juvenile tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-191

  Blair, T A ^a   Cree, A ^a   Skeaff, C M ^a   Grimmond, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FISH OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISH OILS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLANT OILS; REPTILES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SPHENODON; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS; SPHENODONTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034123325     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316731     Document Type: Article

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