Costs of gestation in an Arctic ruminant: Copper reserves in muskoxen

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 157-168

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceruloplasmin; Copper; Metallothionein; Muskoxen; Trace minerals; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; GLUCONATE COPPER; METALLOTHIONEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER;

OVIBOS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0037236091     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(02)00222-3     Document Type: Article

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