Response of One-Humped Camel (Camelus dromedarius) to Intravenous Glucagon Injection and to Infusion of Glucose and Volatile Fatty Acids, and the Kinetics of Glucagon Disappearance from the Blood

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 473-481

  Abdel Fattah, M ^a   Amer, H ^a   Ghoneim, M A ^a   Warda, M ^a   Megahed, Y ^a,b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b HOT LABORATORIES CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS;

EID: 0345911616     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0442.1999.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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