Relationships between leukocytes and hepatozoon spp. in green frogs, rana clamitans

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-72

  Shutler, Dave ^a   Smith, Todd G ^a   Robinson, Stephen R ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Green frog; Hepatozoon spp; Immunity; Neutrophil:lymphocyte; Parasitism; Rana clamitans

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON CATESBIANAE; HEPATOZOON CLAMATAE; RANA CLAMITANS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; FROG; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; EUCOCCIDIIDA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; PARASITEMIA; RANIDAE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 65249097684     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.1.67     Document Type: Article

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