Effects of ultraviolet radiation on plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 concentrations in corn snakes (Elaphe guttata)

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 294-297

  Acierno, Mark J ^a   Mitchell, Mark A ^b   Zachariah, Trevor T ^a   Roundtree, Marlana K ^a   Kirchgessner, Megan S ^a   Guzman, David Sanchez Migallon ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; SNAKE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CALCIFEDIOL; SNAKES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA; PANTHEROPHIS GUTTATUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 39549106865     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.69.2.294     Document Type: Article

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