Effect of unilateral adrenalectomy on the blood biochemistry of black Bengal goats (capra hircus)

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 249-254

  Sejian, Veerasamy ^a   Sanyal, Sagar ^a   Das, Pradip Kr ^a   Ghosh, Probal R ^a   Sivakumar, Balasubramanian ^a   Pandiyan, Guru D V ^a  

^a WEST BENGAL UNIVERSITY OF ANIMAL AND FISHERY SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Adrenalectomy; Black bengal goat; Blood biochemistry; Colorimetric method

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 48249085735     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: 13036181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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