Hematologic and serum biochemical reference intervals for Florida panthers

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 783-789

  Dunbar, Mike R ^a,b   Nol, Pauline ^a   Linda, Stephen B ^a  

^a Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Community   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Felis concolor coryi; Florida panther; Hematology; Reference intervals; Serum chemistry; Survey

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PLASMA PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CARNIVORA; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CALCIUM; CARNIVORA; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; IRON; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 0031242213     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.4.783     Document Type: Article

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