Fitness and nutritional assessment of greater sage grouse (centrocercus urophasianus) using hematologic and serum chemistry parameters through a cycle of seasonal habitats in northern Nevada

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-28

  Dyer, Kathryn J ^a   Perryman, Barry L ^b   Holcombe, Dale W ^b  

^a Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrocercus urophasianus; Hematology; Nutrition; Sage grouse; Seasonal habitats

Indexed keywords

ALBUMINOID; CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS; PLASMA PROTEIN;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ALBUMINS; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CALCIUM; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; NEVADA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOSPHORUS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

AVES; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS; SALIX;

EID: 65249165963     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2007-0073.1     Document Type: Article

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