Relationship between plasma iron concentration and gastric pH in captive adult bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 900-903

  Mitchell, Mark A ^a,c   Solangi, Moby A ^b   Clemons Chevis, Connie L ^b   Vanderpool, Delphine ^b   Romagnoli, Marci ^b   Hoffland, Tim ^b   Jowett, Peter ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Marine Mammal Studies   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; STOMACH JUICE; STOMACH PH; TIME; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACID; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ANIMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 48049097009     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.69.7.900     Document Type: Article

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