Blood values of juvenile northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) obtained using a portable clinical analyzer

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 106-110

  Larsen, R Scott ^a   Haulena, Martin ^b   Grindem, Carol B ^b   Gulland, Frances M D ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrolytes; Elephant seal; Glucose; Hematocrit; I STAT; Mirounga angustirostris; Point of care; Portable analyzer

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COUNT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; ELECTROLYTES; HEMATOCRIT; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEALS, EARLESS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0036751303     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2002.tb00288.x     Document Type: Article

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