Blood values in wild and captive Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 495-509

  Gillespie, Don ^a,e   Frye, Frederic L ^b   Stockham, Steven L ^c   Fredeking, Terry ^d  

^a Nashville Zoo at Grassmere   (United States)

^b Frederic L Frye Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d Antibody Systems Inc   (United States)

^e DVM   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood values; Komodo dragons; Normal physiologic values; Varanus komodoensis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA; VARANUS KOMODOENSIS;

EID: 0034355276     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2361(2000)19:6<495::AID-ZOO2>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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