Comparative haematology and blood chemistry of endangered lizards (Gallotia species) in the Canary Islands

Veterinary Record

Volumn 155, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 266-269

  Martinez Silvestre A ^a   Rodriguez Dominguez M A ^b   Mateo, J A ^c   Pastor, J ^d   Marco, I ^d   Lavin S ^d   Cuenca, R ^d  

^a Catalonian Reptile and Amphibian Rescue Center (CRARC)   (Spain)

^b Ctro Recuperacion/Invest Lagarto   (Spain)

^c Ctro Recuperacion Lagarto Gigante   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALPHA GLOBULIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA GLOBULIN; BILE ACID; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE KINASE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; POTASSIUM; PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIZARD; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; GALLOTIA; GALLOTIA INTERMEDIA; GALLOTIA SIMONYI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 4544246238     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.155.9.266     Document Type: Article

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