Stability of selected hematology variables in canine blood kept at room temperature in EDTA for 24 and 48 hours

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-23

  Medaille C ^a   Briend Marchal, A ^a   Braun, J P ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE VÉBIOTEL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Blood storage; Red blood cell; Sample handling; Stability; White blood cell

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; EDETIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EDETIC ACID; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645771226     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2006.tb00083.x     Document Type: Article

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