Hematology and serum chemistry of the island spotted skunk on Santa Cruz Island

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 460-466

  Crooks, Kevin R ^a   Garcelon, D K ^b   Scott, Cheryl A ^c   Wilcox, Jeffery T ^c   Timm, Steven F ^b   Van Vuren, Dirk H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES   (United States)

^c University of California ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Blood; Hematology; Island spotted skunk; Ketamine; Serum chemistry; Spilogale gracilis amphiala

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; MEPHITIDAE; SPILOGALE GRACILIS; SPILOGALE PUTORIUS;

EID: 3042615413     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.2.460     Document Type: Article

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