Hyperlipidemia and reproductive failure in captive-reared alligators: Vitamin E, vitamin A, plasma lipids, fatty acids, and steroid hormones

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 285-294

  Lance, Valentine A ^a   Morici, Lisa A ^a   Elsey, Ruth M ^b   Lund, Eric D ^c   Place, Allen R ^c  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator; Fatty acids; Hormones; Hyperlipidemia; Plasma lipids; Reproduction; Retinol; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID; RETINOL; STEROID HORMONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VITELLOGENESIS;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATORINAE; AVES;

EID: 0035132085     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(00)00321-3     Document Type: Article

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