Metamorphosis-related changes in leukocyte profiles of larval bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana)

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-186

  Davis, Andrew K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Eosinophils; Leukocytes; Lymphocytes; Metamorphosis; Neutrophils; White blood cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 65049086438     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-008-0773-8     Document Type: Article

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