Mineral and heavy metal status as related to a mortality event and poor recruitment in a moose population in Alaska

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 509-522

  O'Hara, Todd M ^a   Carroll, Geoff ^b   Barboza, Perry ^c   Mueller, Keith ^d   Blake, John ^c   Woshner, Victoria ^e   Willetto, Carla ^f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f Ilasgavik College   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Alces alces; Heavy metals; Minerals; Moose

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MINERAL; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMISTRY; DEER; FEMALE; HAIR; HEALTH STATUS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; DEER; FEMALE; HAIR; HEALTH STATUS; IRON; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MINERALS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SELENIUM; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZINC;

EID: 0035403543     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.3.509     Document Type: Article

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