Serum chemistry reference values in free-ranging North Atlantic male walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) from the Svalbard archipelago

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 501-506

  Tryland, Morten ^a   Lydersen, Christian ^b   Kovacs, Kit M ^b   Thoresen, Stein Istre ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clinical chemistry; Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus; Walrus; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEAL; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SVALBARD; WALRUSES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ODOBENIDAE; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS DIVERGENS; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS ROSMARUS;

EID: 77149138004     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: 1939165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2009.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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