Haematological characteristics of captive Parma wallabies (Macropus parma)

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-16

  Clark, P ^a,f   Holz, P ^b   Booth, R ^b   Jakob Hoff, R ^c   Cooper, D W ^d   Boardman, W S ^a   Parry, B W ^e   Norman, R J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Healesville Sanctuary   (Australia)

^c Auckland Zoo   (New Zealand)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood; Erythrocyte; Leucocyte; Macropus; Parma wallaby; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ANALYZER; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 0037870619     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-003-0474-2     Document Type: Article

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