Utilization of copper during lactation and neonatal development in muskoxen

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1460-1469

  Rombach, Emmajean P ^a   Barboza, Perry S ^a   Blake, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; ENZYMES;

LACTATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

COPPER; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LACTATION; UNGULATE;

OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0036921938     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z02-139     Document Type: Article

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