Comparison of biochemical values in serum and plasma, fresh and frozen plasma, and hemolyzed samples from orange-winged Amazon parrots (Amazona amazonica)

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-225

  Hawkins, Michelle G ^a   Kass, Philip H ^a   Zinkl, Joseph G ^b   Tell, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Clinical chemistry; Freezing; Hemolysis; Preanalytical error; Sample handling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FREEZING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PARROT; PLASMA; SERUM;

AMAZONA; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FREEZING; PLASMA; SERUM; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

AMAZONA; AMAZONA AMAZONICA; AVES; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 33745659884     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2006.tb00118.x     Document Type: Article

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