Effects of selenium supplementation and sample storage time on blood indices of selenium status in bighorn sheep

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 795-801

  Rosen, Laura E ^a,b   Walsh, Daniel P ^a   Wolfe, Lisa L ^a   Bedwell, Cathy L ^b   Miller, Michael W ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Glutathioneperoxidase; Ouis canadensis; Sample handling; Selenium

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS;

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SELENIUM; SHEEP, BIGHORN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 70349336102     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.3.795     Document Type: Article

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