Azurocytes in wild field voles: Factors associated with their occurrence

EcoHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 317-327

  Beldomenico, Pablo M ^a,b,c   Telfer, Sandra ^a   Gebert, Stephanie ^a   Lukomski, Lukasz ^a   Bennett, Malcolm ^a   Begon, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Azurocytes; Field vole; Leukocytes; Microtus; NK cells

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; AZUROCYTES; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SEASON; VOLE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO;

MICROTUS; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 64049107344     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-008-0186-9     Document Type: Article

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