Circadian and seasonal variability and influence of sex and race on eight clinical chemistry parameters in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus, Shaw 1805)

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-91

  Scope, Alexandra ^a   Frommlet, F ^b   Schwendenwein, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Birds; Blood examination; Clinical chemistry; Clinical pathology; Influence factors

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE (CYTOCHROME); PROTEIN; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUNLIGHT;

ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PROTEINS; CALCIUM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MELOPSITTACUS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URIC ACID;

AVES; MELOPSITTACUS; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS;

EID: 6444221604     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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