Selected hematologic values of farmed ostriches (Struthio camelus) in Botswana

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 372-374

  Mushi, E Z ^a   Binta, M G ^b   Chabo, R G ^a   Isa, J F W ^a   Kapaata, R W ^a  

^a BOTSWANA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE   (Botswana)

^b National Veterinary Laboratory   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BOTSWANA; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; OSTRICH; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BOTSWANA; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOGLOBINS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PLATELET COUNT; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 0033162434     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063879901100415     Document Type: Article

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