Comparison between tail and jugular venipuncture techniques for blood sample collection in common chameleons (Chamaeleo chamaeleon)

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-97

  Cuadrado, Mariano ^a   Molina Prescott, Isabel ^a   Flores, Luis ^a  

^a Zoologico de Jerez   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood sampling techniques; Chamaeleo chamaeleon; Chameleon; Haematological profiles; Haematology; Jugular; Tail; Venipuncture

Indexed keywords

PLASMA PROTEIN; URIC ACID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JUGULAR VEIN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIL; VEIN PUNCTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALIA; CHAMAELEO CHAMAELEON; CHAMAELEONIDAE; REPTILIA;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; JUGULAR VEINS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIZARDS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TAIL; URIC ACID;

EID: 0041421034     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-0233(02)00253-8     Document Type: Article

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