Acute phase protein haptoglobin in blood plasma samples of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) of the Wadden Sea and of the isle Helgoland

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-71

  Kakuschke, A ^a   Erbsloeh, H B ^a   Griesel, S ^a   Prange, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute phase protein; Haptoglobin; Harbour seals; Health monitoring; North Sea; Phocine distemper virus; Pinnipeds

Indexed keywords

HAPTOGLOBIN;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEA; SEAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 71749113234     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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