Exertional myopathy in a grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) captured by leghold snare

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 973-978

  Cattet, Marc ^a   Stenhouse, Gordon ^b   Bollinger, Trent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Foothills Model Forest   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspartate aminotransferase; AST; CK; Creatine kinase; Exertional myopathy; Grizzly bear; Leghold snare; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 56549096910     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-44.4.973     Document Type: Article

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