The use of total serum proteins and triglycerides for monitoring body condition in the Iberian wild goat (Capra pyrenaica)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 646-649

  Serrano, Emmanuel ^a,f   González, Francisco J ^b   Granados, José E ^c   Moço, Gisela ^a   Fandos, Pauline ^d   Soriguer, Ramón C ^e   Pérez, Jesús M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b Laboratorio Prolab   (Spain)

^c Espacio Natural Sierra Nevada   (Spain)

^d EGMASA   (Spain)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^f CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Body condition; Capra pyrenaica; Kidney fat index; Kidney mass; Physiologic status; Serum parameters

Indexed keywords

PLASMA PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; GOAT; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; GOATS; HEALTH STATUS; KIDNEY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA AEGAGRUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CAPRA PYRENAICA; UNGULATA;

EID: 58149129629     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2007-0088.1     Document Type: Article

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