Baseline Coagulation Assay Values for Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris), and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation in This Species

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 536-540

  Gulland, F M D ^a   Werner, L ^b   O'Neill, S ^b   Lowenstine, L J ^b,c   Trupkiewitz, J ^b   Smith, D ^b   Royal, B ^a   Strubel, I ^a  

^a THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clotting; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Elephant seal; Fibrinogen; Hematology; Mirounga angustirostris; Phocid

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ELEPHANT; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; PHOCIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; LUNG; PATHOLOGY; PHOCA; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CALIFORNIA; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FEMALE; LUNG; REFERENCE VALUES; SEALS, EARLESS;

EID: 0030180397     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.3.536     Document Type: Article

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