Plasma biochemistry and hematologic values for wild-caught flying foxes (Pteropus giganteus) in India

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 446-452

  McLaughlin, Amanda B ^a   Epstein, Jonathan H ^b   Prakash, Vibhu ^c   Smith, Craig S ^d   Daszak, Peter ^b   Field, Hume E ^d   Cunningham, Andrew A ^e  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Consortium for Conservation Medicine   (United States)

^c BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

^d DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bat; Flying fox; Hematology; Plasma biochemistry; Pteropus giganteus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAT; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; FEMALE; INDIA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; INDIA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; REFERENCE VALUES;

MAMMALIA; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS; PTEROPUS GIGANTEUS; PTEROPUS VAMPYRUS;

EID: 34748912411     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2007)38[446:PBAHVF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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