Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry of birds: An examination of excised skeletal specimens

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 313-319

  Dirrigl, F J ^a   Dalsky, G P ^a,b   Warner, S E ^a,b  

^a Teikyo Post University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; BONASA UMBELLUS; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; GALLIFORMES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PHASIANIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BONE; BONE DENSITY; EVALUATION; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMERUS; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMUR; HUMERUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 16544391353     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2004.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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