Spleen mass as a measure of immune strength in mammals

Mammal Review

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 108-115

  Corbin, E ^a,b   Vicente, Joaquin ^a   Martin Hernando, M P ^a   Acevedo, P ^a   Perez Rodriguez L ^a   Gortazar, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition; Histology; Immunedefence; Reddeer; Sex

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY; MAMMAL;

AVES; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ELAPHOSTRONGYLUS CERVI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 41149178546     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2007.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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