Reference values for serum biochemical parameters in free-ranging harp seals

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 98-105

  Nordoy E S ^a   Thoresen, S I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Electrolytes; Harp seal; Phoca groenlandica; Proteins; Reference intervals; Serum chemistry

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; ELECTROLYTE; FATTY ACID; FRUCTOSAMINE; GLOBULIN; GLUCOSE; MAGNESIUM; PLASMA PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA; URIC ACID;

AGE; ANALYZER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CADAVER; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SEAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VEIN;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; FRUCTOSAMINE; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEALS, EARLESS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 18844468384     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2002.tb00287.x     Document Type: Article

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