Comparison of rhodanese distribution in different tissues of Japanese quail, partridge, and pigeon

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-220

  Baghshani, Hasan ^a   Aminlari, Mahmoud ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cyanide detoxification; Japanese quail; Partridge; Pigeon; Rhodanese

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649959527     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-008-0781-8     Document Type: Article

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