Variation of plasma protein parameters in four free-ranging reindeer herds and in captive reindeer under defined feeding conditions

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 503-511

  Sakkinen H ^a   Tverdal, A ^b   Eloranta, E ^a   Dahl, E ^c   Holand, O ^c   Saarela, S ^a   Ropstad, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

A G ratio; Albumin; Body mass; Globulins; Nutrition; Reindeer; Total proteins

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GLOBULIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PARAMETER; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REINDEER; SEASON;

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS;

EID: 29244486818     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.10.023     Document Type: Article

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