Variation in Hematological and Serum Biochemical Values of the Mountain Brushtail Possum, Trichosurus caninus Ogilby (Marsupialia: Phalangeridae)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 142-146

  Viggers, K L ^a   Lindenmayer, D B ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hematology; Mountain brushtail possums; Serum biochemistry; Trichosurus caninus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS CANINUS; VICTORIA;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; ELECTROLYTE; HEMOGLOBIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; OPOSSUM; REFERENCE VALUE; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WILD ANIMAL;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD PROTEINS; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; MALE; OPOSSUMS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UREA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0029687609     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.1.142     Document Type: Article

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