Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to quantitate serum ferritin in black and white ruffed lemurs (Varecia variegata variegata)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 648-652

  Andrews, Gordon A ^a   Chavey, Patricia Sue ^a   Crawford, Graham ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b San Francisco Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

Black and white ruffed lemur; Ferritin; Hemochromatosis; Hemosiderosis; Iron metabolism; Iron overload; Varecia variegata variegata

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; STREPSIRHINI; SUS SCROFA; VARECIA VARIEGATA; VARECIA VARIEGATA VARIEGATA;

EID: 33645695337     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/04-056.1     Document Type: Article

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