Nursing sickness in the mink - A metabolic mystery or a familiar foe?

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 161-168

  Rouvinen Watt, Kirsti ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MILK FAT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL DISEASE; AUTUMN; DEHYDRATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LACTATION DISORDER; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPODYSTROPHY; LIPOGENESIS; LITTER SIZE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MILK PRODUCTION; MINK; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WINTER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; DEHYDRATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LACTATION; LACTATION DISORDERS; LITTER SIZE; MINK; PROTEINS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 0042922824     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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