Haematology and plasma chemistry of breeding olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 161, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 818-819

  Santoro, M ^a   Meneses, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURTLE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BREEDING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOGLOBINS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; TURTLES;

LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 38049020175     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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