A rapid isolation of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) blood heterophils on percoll density gradients

Comparative Haematology International

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-42

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

^c Marine World Africa USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian elephant; Flow cytometry; Heterophil isolation; Oxidative product formation; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL GRANULE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; DENSITY GRADIENT; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

EID: 0031889002     PISSN: 09387714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02628103     Document Type: Article

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