Hematology, plasma biochemistry, and antibodies to select viruses in wild-caught eastern Massasauga rattlesnakes (Sistrurus Catenatus Catenatus) from Illinois

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-114

  Allender, Matthew C ^a,d   Mitchell, Mark A ^b   Phillips, Christopher A ^c   Gruszynski, Karen ^b   Beasley, Val R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d A and E Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Hematology; Massasauga; Ophidian paramyxovirus; Rattlesnake; Serology; Sistrurus catenatus catenatus; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CROTALUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; SERPENTES; SISTRURUS; SISTRURUS CATENATUS; SISTRURUS CATENATUS CATENATUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33744788337     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-42.1.107     Document Type: Article

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