Haematological and blood chemical values from Bothrops ammodytoides (Ophidia-Crotalidae) in captivity

Comparative Haematology International

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-35

  Troiano, J C ^a   Vidai, J C ^a   Gould, E F ^b   Malinskas, G ^c   Gould, J ^a   Scaglione, M ^b   Scaglione, L ^c   Heker, J J ^a   Simoncini, C ^b   Dinapoli H ^c  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b Fundacion de Estudios Biologicos   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biochemical values; Blood; Bothrops ammodytoides; Captivity; Haematology

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; CHOLESTEROL; GLOBULIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; MAGNESIUM ION; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN; SODIUM ION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA; URIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SNAKE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032772377     PISSN: 09387714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02585519     Document Type: Article

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