A technique for isolating heterophils from blood of orange-winged Amazon parrots (Amazona amazonica amazonica)

Comparative Haematology International

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-53

  Tell, L A ^a,b   Kabbur, M B ^b   Smith, W L ^c   Dahl, K H ^b   Cullor, J S ^a  

^a Departments of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazona amazonica amazonica; Haematology; Heterophils; Isolation; Orange winged Amazon parrot; Phagocytosis; Psittacine

Indexed keywords

DIATRIZOATE; HETASTARCH; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIRD; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRIFUGATION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LEUKOCYTE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

EID: 0030915393     PISSN: 09387714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01320999     Document Type: Article

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