Weights, hematology, and serum chemistry of seven species of free-ranging tropical pelagic seabirds

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 643-657

  Work, Thierry M ^a  

^a National Wildlife Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Diomedea immutabilis; Fregata minor; Great frigatebird; Hawaiian dark rumped petrel; Laysan albatross; Phaeton rubricauda; Pterodoma phaeopygia; Puffinus pacificus; Red footed booby; Red tailed tropicbird; Sooty tern; Sula sula; Wedge tailed shearwater

Indexed keywords

CHARADRIIFORMES; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA IMMUTABILIS; DIOMEDEIDAE; FREGATA MINOR; FREGATIDAE; HAWAIIA; LARIDAE; PELECANIFORMES; PHAETHON RUBRICAUDA; PHAETHONTIDAE; PHAETON; PROCELLARIIDAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES; PTERODROMA PHAEOPYGIA SANDWICHENSIS; PUFFINUS PACIFICUS; STERNA FUSCATA; SULA SULA; SULIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PACIFIC OCEAN; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BLOOD CELLS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEMATOCRIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PACIFIC OCEAN; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030251697     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.4.643     Document Type: Article

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