[Mineral content of blood serum in greenland seal pups during the period of adaptation to the captivity].
Results of investigation of mineral levels in the harp seal pups blood serum in connection with adaptation to the captivity are presented. The contents of copper, zinc, iron, magnesium, cobalt, manganese, sodium, potassium, calcium and phosphorus in the first 18 day of animals keeping in the oceanarium were determined. The causes of the revealed differences in changes of the contents of single elements during the observation term, and also question on duration of fading stress alterations and stabilization of biochemical parameters of marine mammals blood are discussed.
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Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences. chiv1@front.ru
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo / Q000097:blood* / Q000502:physiology; D006116:Greenland; D008903:Minerals / Q000097:blood*; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D012426:Russia; D046048:Seals, Earless / Q000097:blood* / Q000502:physiology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors
D008903:Minerals