Evaluation of iron status in lemurs by analysis of serum iron and ferritin concentrations, total iron-binding capacity, and transferrin saturation

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 232, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 578-585

  Williams, Cathy V ^a   Junge, Randall E ^b   Stalis, Ilse H ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b St Louis Zoological Park   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EULEMUR MACACO; EULEMUR MACACO MACACO; LEMUR; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; STREPSIRHINI; VARECIA; VARECIA VARIEGATA;

FERRITIN; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSIMIAN; REFERENCE VALUE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; IRON; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; LEMUR; LIVER; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 40949103522     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.232.4.578     Document Type: Article

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