Morphologic, cytochemical staining, and ultrastructural characteristics of blood cells from eastern diamondback rattlesnakes (Crotalus adamanteus)

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 507-514

  Alleman, A Rick ^a   Jacobson, Elliot R ^a   Raskin, Rose E ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ERYTHROCYTE; GRANULOCYTE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE; SNAKE; THROMBOCYTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELLS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CROTALUS; ERYTHROCYTES; GRANULOCYTES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033111333     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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