Annual variation of immune condition in the Hooded Crow (Corvus corone cornix);Jährliche Variation immunologischer Parameter bei Nebelkrähen (Corvus corone cornix)

Journal fur Ornithologie

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 351-355

  Acquarone, Camilla ^a   Cucco, Marco ^a   Malacarne, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte sedimentation; Heterophyl lymphocyte ratio; Immunocompetence; Immunoglobulin

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PASSERINE;

CORVIDAE; CORVUS; CORVUS CORONE CORNIX; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0036326577     PISSN: 00218375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0361.2002.02015.x     Document Type: Article

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