Immunologic analysis of blood samples obtained from horses and stored for twenty-four hours

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1003-1009

  Witonsky, Sharon ^a   Gogal Jr , Robert M ^b,c   Buechner Maxwell, Virginia ^a   Ahmed, S Ansar ^b  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; DNA; HEPARIN; MITOGENIC AGENT; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CELL ASSAY; CELL DAMAGE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DNA SYNTHESIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FREEZING; HEPARINIZATION; HORSE; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; SHIPPING; SIMULATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; HORSES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MITOGENS; REFRIGERATION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; TRITIUM;

EID: 0043123177     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2003.64.1003     Document Type: Article

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