Morphologic and cytochemical characteristics of blood cells of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 158-165

  Casal, A B ^a   Oros J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood cells; Caretta caretta; Cytochemistry; Haematology; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

1 NAPHTHYL ACETATE ESTERASE; ACID PHOSPHATASE; BENZIDINE; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLOROACETIC ACID; ESTERASE; FLUORIDE SODIUM; PEROXIDASE; TARTARIC ACID; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BLOOD CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTE; TURTLE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BLOOD CELLS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; TURTLES;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33846813949     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2006.07.017     Document Type: Article

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