Use of phlebotomy treatment in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins with iron overload

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-200

  Johnson, Shawn P ^a   Venn Watson, Stephanie K ^a   Cassle, Stephen E ^a   Smith, Cynthia R ^a   Jensen, Eric D ^a   Ridgway, Sam H ^b  

^a LAC+USC Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; FEMALE; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; FEMALE; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY;

EID: 68849106611     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.235.2.194     Document Type: Article

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