Relationship between separation time of plasma from heparinized whole blood on plasma biochemical analytes of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 208-215

  Eisenhawer, Eliza ^a   Courtney, Charles H ^a   Raskin, Rose E ^b   Jacobson, Elliott ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemicals; Blood storage; Caretta caretta; Loggerhead sea turtle; Plasma

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; METHODOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TIME; TURTLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; HEPARIN; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 44649085523     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2007-0166R.1     Document Type: Article

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