Hematological condition indexes in greenfinches: Effects of captivity and diurnal variation

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 276-282

  Sepp, Tuul ^a   Sild, Elin ^a   Hõrak, Peeter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

BODY MASS; CAPTIVITY; CAROTENOID; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIURNAL VARIATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEMATOLOGY; INDEX METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; NUCLEIC ACID; PARAMETERIZATION; PASSERINE; PREDATION; SAMPLE PREPARATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HEMATOCRIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY SIZE; CAROTENOIDS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HEMATOCRIT; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRIGLYCERIDES; URIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 77749291797     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648580     Document Type: Article

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