Blood profile of opossums Didelphis aurita and D. albiventris of São Paulo State, Brazil;Perfil hematológico de gambás Didelphis aurita e D. albiventris do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil

Acta Scientiarum - Biological Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-189

  Casagrande, Renata Assis ^a   de Oliveira Cesar, Marina ^a   Horta, Maurício Cláudio ^a   Rossi, Silmara ^a   Teixeira, Rodrigo Hidalgo ^b   Matushima, Eliana Reiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Medico Veterinário do Parque Zoológico Municipal Quinzinho de Barros   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Didelphidae; Hematology; Mammalia; S o Paulo State

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A;

ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS; DIDELPHIS AURITA; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PROGENY;

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS; DIDELPHIS AURITA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 66449119940     PISSN: 16799283     EISSN: 1807863X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v31i2.7007     Document Type: Article

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