Milk composition in the Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii: Evidence for a functional role of milk carbohydrates in pinnipeds

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 159-175

  Eisert, Regina ^a,b   Oftedal, Olav T ^a   Barrell, Graham K ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FAT; MILK PROTEIN; WATER;

BIOASSAY; BRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CARNIVORE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MILK; NEONATE; PINNIPED; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SUGAR; WEANING;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON; FATS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; SEALS, EARLESS; WATER;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO SOUND; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84874428368     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669036     Document Type: Article

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