Haematological characteristics of wild quokka (Setonix brachyurus)

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 82-86

  Clark, P ^a   Spencer, P B S ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Haemoparasite; Quokka; Setonix

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BLOOD SAMPLING; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MARSUPIAL; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICROFILARIA; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA; WILD SPECIES;

EID: 33845689358     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-006-0619-1     Document Type: Article

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