Effect of venipuncture site on hematologic and serum biochemical parameters in marginated tortoise (Testudo marginata)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 830-836

  López Olvera, Jorge Ramón ^a   Montané, Jordi ^a   Marco, Ignasi ^a   Martínez Silvestre, Albert ^b   Soler, Joaquim ^b   Lavin, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CRARC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chelonians; Hematology; Marginated tortoise; Serum chemistry; Testudo marginata

Indexed keywords

TESTUDO; TESTUDO MARGINATA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMY; REFERENCE VALUE; TURTLE; VEIN;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CALCIUM; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; REFERENCE VALUES; TURTLES; VEINS;

EID: 2942648640     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.4.830     Document Type: Article

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