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THE COPPER CONTENT OF THE LIVER OF SOME GAME ANIMALS IN KENYA
Author(s) -
Howard D. A.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
african journal of ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.499
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1365-2028
pISSN - 0141-6707
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2028.1964.tb00195.x
Subject(s) - hippopotamus , copper , variation (astronomy) , zoology , biology , chemistry , physics , astrophysics , organic chemistry
S ummary The liver copper levels of a number of game animals in Kenya were determined. It was found that the results fell naturally into two fairly distinct groups; for those with simple and those with complex stomachs respectively. The latter, generally speaking, had a higher mean content and a much greater range, with more individual variation. An exception to this was the hippopotamus which appeared to have a much higher content of liver copper than others in the simple stomach group.