Blood α-tocopherol, selenium, and glutathione peroxidase changes and adipose tissue fatty acid changes in kittens with experimental steatitis (yellow fat disease): A comparative study between the domestic shorthaired and Siamese breed

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-143

  Fytianou, A ^a   Koutinas, A F ^a   Saridomichelakis, M N ^a   Koutinas, C K ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Feline steatitis; Glutathione peroxidase; Selenium; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; FATTY ACID; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SELENIUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; STEATITIS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ANIMALIA; CLUPEIDAE; FELIDAE;

EID: 33749616065     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:112:2:131     Document Type: Article

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