Blood platelets of the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-271

  Du Plessis, L ^a   Botha, A J ^b   Reyers, F ^b   Stevens, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cheetahs; Morphology; Platelets; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACINONYX JUBATUS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 3342921895     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20009     Document Type: Article

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