Evaluation of five clinical chemistry analyzers for use in health assessment in sea turtles

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 233, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 470-475

  Wolf, Karen N ^a   Harms, Craig A ^a   Beasley, Jean E ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TURTLE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 48749099652     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.233.3.470     Document Type: Article

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