Hematology, morphology, cytochemical staining, and ultrastructural characteristics of blood cells in king cobras (Ophiophagus hannah)

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 116-126

  Salakij, Chaleow ^a   Salakij, Jarernsak ^a   Apibal, Suntaree ^a   Narkkong, Nual Anong ^a   Chanhome, Lawan ^a   Rochanapat, Nirachara ^a  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cytochemistry; Hematology; Hepatozoon; King cobra; Morphology; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

1 NAPHTHYL ACETATE ESTERASE; ACID PHOSPHATASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; EDETIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CYTOLOGY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL GRANULE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; REFERENCE VALUE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SNAKE; STAINING; STANDARD; THROMBOCYTE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CELLS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COBRA; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; REFERENCE VALUES;

ANIMALIA; COCCIDIA; ELAPIDAE; HEPATOZOON; OPHIOPHAGUS HANNAH; SERPENTES;

EID: 0036751663     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2002.tb00290.x     Document Type: Article

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