Response of the haematocrit to body condition changes in Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-47

  Sanchez Guzman J M ^a   Villegas, A ^a   Corbacho, C ^a   Moran R ^a   Marzal, A ^a   Real, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood chemistry; Body mass; Captivity; Fat reserves; Geronticus eremita; Haematocrit; Northern Bald Ibis; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY CONSTITUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GERONTICUS EREMITA; HEMATOCRIT; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

AVES; GERONTICUS; GERONTICUS EREMITA; IBIS;

EID: 4744343069     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.06.018     Document Type: Article

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