Investigations into the uricolytic properties of urate oxidase in a granivorous (Columba livia domestica) and in a carnivorous (Buteo jamaicensis) avian species

Avian Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 573-579

  Poffers, J ^a   Lumeij, J T ^a   Redig, P T ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLANTOIN; URATE OXIDASE; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PIGEONS AND DOVES; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; RAPTOR;

ALLANTOIN; ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; RAPTORS; URATE OXIDASE; URIC ACID;

ACCIPITRINAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; BUTEO; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; RAPTORES;

EID: 0036916731     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0307945021000024616     Document Type: Article

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