An Overview of Restraint and Blood Collection Techniques in Exotic Pet Practice

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 423-443

  Dyer, Stephen M ^a   Cervasio, Erika L ^b  

^a VCA South Shore Animal Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b Ocean State Veterinary Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EXERCISE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; ARANEAE; AVES; CAVIA; CRICETINAE; ERINACEIDAE; GERBILLINAE; MUS; MUSTELA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PETAURUS BREVICEPS; RATTUS; SALAMANDROIDEA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; THERAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 48249109840     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvex.2008.03.008     Document Type: Review

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