Hematological, protein electrophoresis and cholinesterase values of free-living nestling peregrine falcons in Spain

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 172-177

  Lanzarot, Maria Del Pilar ^a   Montesinos, Andrés ^b   San Andrés, Manuel Ignacio ^a   Rodríguez, Casilda ^a   Barahona, María Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Centro Veterinario Los Sauces   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cholinesterase; Electrophoresis; Falco peregrinus; Hematology; Nestling peregrine falcons

Indexed keywords

CICONIIFORMES; FALCO PEREGRINUS; PEREGRINUS;

ALBUMINOID; CHOLINESTERASE; PREALBUMIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLISM; RAPTOR; REFERENCE VALUE;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLINESTERASES; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PREALBUMIN; RAPTORS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0035227935     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.1.172     Document Type: Article

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