Haematology and serum biochemistry of three Australian desert murids: The Plains rat (Pseudomys australis), the Spinifex hopping-mouse (Notomys alexis) and the Central rock-rat (Zyzomys pedunculatus)

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 130-137

  Old, J M ^a   Connelly, L ^b   Francis, J ^b   Branch, K ^c   Fry, G ^c   Deane, E M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Alice Springs Desert Park   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian native rodent; Blood biochemistry; Central rock rat; Haematology; Plains rat; Spinifex hopping mouse

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; LIPID; LIVER ENZYME;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FUNCTION; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MONITORING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RODENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 31144439518     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-005-0586-y     Document Type: Article

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