Plasma fat-soluble vitamin and mineral concentrations in relation to diet in captive pteropodid bats

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 315-321

  Dierenfeld, Ellen S ^a   Seyjagat, John ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b Lubee Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Fruit bats; Nutrition; Pteropus sp.; Vitamin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; COLECALCIFEROL; MINERAL; RETINOL; VITAMIN; VITAMIN D;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BAT; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FECES; FEMALE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BODY WEIGHT; CHIROPTERA; CHOLECALCIFEROL; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FECES; FEMALE; MINERALS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

EID: 0034281193     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2000)031[0315:PFSVAM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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