Haematological characteristics of morbid members of the Macropodidae

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 191-196

  Clark, P ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Inflammation; Kangaroo; Macropodidae; Macropus; Wallaby

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MARSUPIAL; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY;

EID: 33645035747     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-006-0597-3     Document Type: Article

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