Hematology of the pascagoula map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) and the southeast Asian box turtle (Cuora amboinensis)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 460-463

  Perpiñán, David ^a   Hernandez Divers, Sonia M ^a   Latimer, Kenneth S ^a   Akre, Thomas ^b   Hagen, Chris ^c   Buhlmann, Kurt A ^c   Hernandez Divers, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuora amboinensis; Graptemys gibbonsi; Hematology; Pascagoula map turtle; Reptile; Southeast Asian box turtle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURTLE; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; BLOOD CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURTLES;

CUORA AMBOINENSIS; GRAPTEMYS; GRAPTEMYS GIBBONSI; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 53549119146     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2007-0044.1     Document Type: Article

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