Hematocrit and blood chemistry values in three genera of captive hornbills

Zoo Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Villegas, A ^a   Corbacho, C ^a   Sanchez Guzman J M ^a   Corbacho, P ^a   Moran R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bucerotidae; Gender specific; Genera specific; Hematology; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ACEROS; ANTHRACOCEROS; AVES; BUCEROTIDAE; CERATOGYMNA;

EID: 33645341704     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20073     Document Type: Article

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