Vitamin A levels of blood in collared peccaries (Tayassu tajacu) from south Texas. Academic Article

abstract

• Serum vitamin A concentrations were determined for 24 adult female collared peccaries from 1 captive and 2 wild populations during the period 30 January-15 March, 1983. Normal serum vitamin A concentrations of well-fed captive peccaries (mean = 39.0 micrograms/dl) were slightly higher than the reported range of values for domestic swine. Mean vitamin A concentrations of blood serum did not differ among the captive and 2 wild populations. However, a few individuals from the wild populations had low serum levels of vitamin A which suggested a possible vitamin A deficiency for these females.

authors

• Grant, William

published proceedings

• Comp Biochem Physiol A Comp Physiol

author list (cited authors)

• Kelley, J. K., Lochmiller, R. L., Hellgren, E. C., & Grant, W. E.

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• Kelley, JK||Lochmiller, RL||Hellgren, EC||Grant, WE

publication date

• January 1987

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A: Comparative Physiology  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Animals, Domestic
• Animals, Wild
• Species Specificity
• Swine
• Vitamin A

PubMed Central ID

• 2882908

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0300-9629(87)90636-0

start page

• 751

end page

• 753

volume

• 86

issue

• 4

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2F0300-9629%2887%2990636-0