Hematology and plasma chemistry reference intervals for cultured shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 434-440

  Knowles, Susan ^a   Hrubec, Terry C ^a,b   Smith, Stephen A ^a   Bakal, Robert S ^c  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EDWARD VIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenser; Clinical chemistry; Hematology; Reference intervals; Sturgeon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; FISH; LYMPHOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; THROMBOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD PLATELETS; FISHES; LYMPHOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; REFERENCE VALUES;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER BREVIROSTRUM;

EID: 33846091272     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2006.tb00160.x     Document Type: Article

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