Hematologic characteristics of captive western barred bandicoots (Perameles bougainville) from Western Australia

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 348-353

  Bennett, Mark D ^a   Woolford, Lucy ^a   O'Hara, Amanda J ^a   Nicholls, Philip K ^a   Warren, Kristin S ^a   Hulme Moir, K Lisa ^a   Clark, Phillip ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hematology; Marsupial; Peramelidae; Reference interval; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; LACTATION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MARSUPIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; THROMBOCYTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD PLATELETS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LACTATION; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; METATHERIA; PERAMELES BOUGAINVILLE; PERAMELIDAE;

EID: 38049022986     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2007.tb00439.x     Document Type: Article

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