Complex trade-offs in the pigeon (Columba livia): Egg antioxidant capacity and female serum oxidative status in relation to diet quality

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 731-739

  Costantini, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albumen; Antioxidants; Diet; Egg; Oxidative damage

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; LIPID PEROXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIET; EGG LAYING; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; COLUMBIDAE; DIET; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; LIPID PEROXIDES; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 77952501219     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0456-z     Document Type: Article

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