Effects of environmental temperature on thyroid hormones in the barn owl (Tyto alba)

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-331

  Klein, Ákos ^a   Kulcsár, Margit ^b   Krízsik, Virág ^a   Matics R ^c   Rudas, P ^b   Torok J ^a   Huszenicza, Gy ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Barn owl; Temperature; Thermoregulation; Thyroid hormones; Thyrotropin releasing hormone

Indexed keywords

AVES; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 33747644381     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: 15882705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.54.2006.3.3     Document Type: Article

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