Hematology values in a colony of budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) and changes associated with aging

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 12 SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Harper, E J ^a   Lowe, B ^a  

^a WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Avian; Budgerigars; Hematology

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLOOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOWL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; MELOPSITTACUS; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS;

EID: 0031774421     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.12.2639s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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