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Obtaining accurate glucose measurements from wild animals under field conditions: comparing a hand held glucometer with a standard laboratory technique in grey seals

Glucose is an important metabolic fuel and circulating levels are tightly regulated in most mammals, but can drop when body fuel reserves become critically low. Glucose is mobilized rapidly from liver and muscle during stress in response to increased circulating cortisol. Blood glucose levels can th...

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Autores principales: Bennett, Kimberley A., Turner, Lucy M., Millward, Sebastian, Moss, Simon E. W., Hall, Ailsa J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5386009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28413683
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cox013