Successive changes of hematologic characteristics and plasma chemistry values of juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-84

  Kakizoe, Yuka ^a   Sakaoka, Ken ^a   Kakizoe, Futoshi ^a   Yoshii, Makoto ^a   Nakamura, Hitoshi ^a   Kanou, Yoshihiko ^a   Uchida, Itaru ^a  

^a Minato ku   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Hematology; Loggerhead turtle; Plasma chemistry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; FEMALE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; TURTLE; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; TURTLES;

CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34047134561     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/05-096.1     Document Type: Article

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