Health assessment of Black-crowned Night-herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) of the New York Harbor estuary

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 363-374

  Newman, Scott H ^a   Padula, Veronica M ^a   Cray, Carolyn ^b   Kramer, Laura D ^c  

^a ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Baseline health; Biochemistry; Black crowned Night heron; disease; Ecosystem health; Hematology; NY harbor; Nycticorax nycticorax; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 2 GLOBULIN; ALPHA GLOBULIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA GLOBULIN; CREATINE KINASE; GLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PREALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTUARY; FORAGE; HEMATOCRIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANSER; ARDEIDAE; AVES; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 35648960793     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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