Dynamics of body protein and the implications for reproduction in captive muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) during winter

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 687-697

  Gustine, David D ^a   Barboza, Perry S ^a   Lawler, James P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NITROGEN; UREA; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); METABOLITE; OXIDATION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNGULATE; UREA; URINE;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BOVIDS; FEMALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEASON; URINE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARCTIC REGIONS; BODY COMPOSITION; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; NITROGEN; PREGNANCY; RUMINANTS; SEASONS; UREA;

ANIMALIA; OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 77955701580     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652729     Document Type: Article

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