Non-invasive measure of body composition of snakes using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 379-389

  Secor, Stephen M ^a,c   Nagy, Tim R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry, DXA; Reptile; Snake

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPROPANE; FAT;

ABSORPTION; ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASH; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; BODY WATER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXTRACTION; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; GRAVIMETRY; INSTRUMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MASS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNAKE; TISSUE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER CONTENT;

FRAXINUS; NERODIA; NERODIA RHOMBIFER; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0141456124     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00176-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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