Serum chemistry of the minke whale from the northeastern Atlantic

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 332-341

  Tryland, Morten ^a   Brun, Edgar ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Baleen whale; Cetacean; Clinical serum chemistry; Frozen sera; Minke whale; Rorqual

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MYSTICETI;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHLORIDE; CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPID; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; WHALE;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORIDES; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPIDS; MALE; SODIUM; TRIGLYCERIDES; URIC ACID; WHALES;

EID: 0035319662     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.2.332     Document Type: Article

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