Effects of sampling date, gender, and tick burden on peripheral blood cells of captive and wild tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 241-248

  Burnham, D Kim ^a   Keall, Susan N ^b   Nelson, Nicola J ^b   Daugherty, Charles H ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Erythrocytes; Gender; Leukocytes; Lymphocytes; Reptile; Sphenodon punctatus; Tick

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; GENDER; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIZARD; SAMPLING; TICK;

AUSTRALASIA; MARLBOROUGH; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; STEPHENS ISLAND;

ACARI; REPTILIA; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS;

EID: 33846398115     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2006.9518453     Document Type: Article

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