Effects of ultraviolet radiation on 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 synthesis in red-eared slider turtles (Trachemys scripta elegans)

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2046-2049

  Acierno, Mark J ^a   Mitchell, Mark A ^a   Roundtree, Marlana K ^a   Zachariah, Trevor T ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOMETER; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETRY; SUNLIGHT; TURTLE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CALCIFEDIOL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TURTLES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 33845973368     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.12.2046     Document Type: Article

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