Preliminary validation of assays to measure parameters of calcium metabolism in captive asian and african elephants in Western Europe

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 504-511

  van Sonsbeek, Gerda R ^a   van der Kolk, Johannes H ^a   van Leeuwen, Johannes P T M ^b   Schaftenaar, Willem ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calcium; Elephants; Elephas maximus; Loxodonta africana; PH; Telopeptide; Urine

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CREATININE; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; HYPOCALCEMIA; METABOLISM; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; URINE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CALCIUM; CREATININE; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; HYPOCALCEMIA; PHOSPHORUS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 79957766202     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1040638711403411     Document Type: Article

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