Factors affecting haematological profiles in three indigenous Ethiopian sheep breeds

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 119-127

  Tibbo, M ^a   Aragaw, K ^a   Abunna, F ^b   Woldemeskel, M ^b,d   Deressa, A ^b   Dechassa, M Lemma ^b,e   Rege, J E O ^c,f  

^a Sheno Agricultural Research Centre   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Breed; Ethiopia; Factors affecting; Haematology; Sheep

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREED DIFFERENCE; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SHEEP;

EID: 15844392157     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-004-0525-3     Document Type: Article

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