Artifactual hypoglycemia associated with hemotrophic mycoplasma infection in a lamb

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 244-248

  Burkhard, Mary Jo ^a,b   Garry, Franklyn ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eperythrozoon; Glucose; Hypoglycemia; Mycoplasma; Preanalytical error

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTAKE; HEPARINIZATION; HORSE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCUBATION TIME; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LAMB; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PARASITE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; LAMB; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 12444289494     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2004.tb00381.x     Document Type: Article

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