Blood Cell Morphology and Plasma Biochemistry in Russian Tortoises (Agrionemys horsfieldi)

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-198

  Knotkova Z ^a   Doubek, J ^a   Knotek, Z ^a   Hajkova P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chelonia; Haematology; Leukocytes; Reptilia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; URIC ACID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BASOPHIL; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STAINING; THROMBOCYTE; TURTLE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 0344196690     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200271020191     Document Type: Article

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