Haematological and biochemical measurements in healthy, adult, free-ranging golden jackals (Canis aureus syriacus) held in captivity

Veterinary Record

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 317-321

  Aroch, I ^a   Shpigel, N Y ^a   Avidar, Y ^b   Yakobson, B ^b   King, R ^c   Shamir, M ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^c Nat Reserves Auth 78 Yirmeyahu S   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; MUSCLE ENZYME;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NONHUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS AUREUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 25444459169     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.157.11.317     Document Type: Article

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