Assessment of blood glutathione peroxidase activity in the dromedary camel

Veterinary Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-191

  Corbera, Juan Alberto ^a   Gutierrez, Carlos ^a   Morales, Manuel ^a   Montel, Arturo ^b   Montoya, José Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Medicina Preventiva   (Spain)

Author keywords

Camel; Dromedary; Glutathione peroxidase; Nutritional myodegeneration; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS;

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SELENIUM;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAMEL; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CAMELS; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELENIUM; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0035288353     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2001119     Document Type: Article

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