Blood chemistry in southern elephant seal mothers and pups during lactation reveals no effect of handling

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 367-378

  Engelhard, Georg H ^a,b   Hall, Ailsa J ^c   Brasseur, Sophie M J M ^a   Reijnders, Peter J H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical immobilisation; Clinical chemistry; Health status; Human disturbance; Lactation; Mirounga leonina; Physical restraint; Pinnipedia

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GLOBULIN; PROTEIN;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATION; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SEAL; STRESS; SUCKLING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ELEPHANT; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0036802238     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00169-1     Document Type: Article

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