Preliminary evaluation of blood lipid profiles in captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 126-129

  Baitchman, Eric J ^a,b   Calle, Paul P ^a   Clippinger, Tracy L ^a,c   Deem, Sharon L ^a,d   James, Stephanie B ^a   Raphael, Bonnie L ^a   Cook, Robert A ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b Zoo New England   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein; Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol; Gorilla gorilla gorilla; Lipids; Lipoprotein

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA;

EID: 33745603000     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/05-064.1     Document Type: Article

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