Prolonged Winter Undernutrition and the Interpretation of Urinary Allantoin:Creatinine Ratios in White-tailed Deer

Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the Special Projects Foundation of the Minneapolis Big Game Club, National Rifle Association, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station (now North Central Research Station), Minnesota Zoological Society, James Ford Bell Foundation, and U.S. Geological Survey. We gratefully acknowledge M.D. Lewis for technical laboratory support, W.J. Paul and many student interns for assistance with animal care and handling, and M.R. Riggs for statistical consultation. R. Moen and anonymous reviewers provided helpful comments on an early draft of the manuscript.

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