Hematology and plasma chemistry reference intervals for mature laboratory pine voles (Microtus pinetorum) as Determined by using the nonparametric rank percentile method

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 35-40

  Harvey, Stephen B ^a   Krimer, Paula M ^b   Correa, Maria T ^c   Hanes, Martha A ^d  

^a Department of Population Health

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHORUS;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYZER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EUTHANASIA; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MICROTUS PINETORUM; NONHUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PLASMA FACTOR; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ARVICOLINAE; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMATOLOGY; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PINETORUM; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 49049102728     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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