Body condition effects in American kestrels fed selenomethionine

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 646-652

  Yamamoto, Julie T ^a   Santolo, Gary M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CH2M HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

American kestrel; Blood selenium; Body condition; Dietary selenium; Falco sparverius; Kesterson reservoir; Selenium; Total body electrical conductivity

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM; SELENOMETHIONINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RAPTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RAPTORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELENIUM; SELENOMETHIONINE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034304241     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.4.646     Document Type: Article

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