Blood lymphocyte subpopulations, neutrophil phagocytosis and proteinogram during late pregnancy and postpartum in mares

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 212-217

  Agricola R ^b   Carvalho, H ^c   Barbosa, M ^b   Pereira, M ^d   Medeiros, J A S ^d   Ferreira Dias, G ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^b Coudelaria Nacional ^*  (Portugal)

^c Campo de Santana   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBULIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HORSE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLOBULINS; HORSES; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 40449110600     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.00879.x     Document Type: Article

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