Hematologic and serum biochemical reference intervals for free-ranging common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and variation in the distributions of clinicopathologic values related to geographic sampling site

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 973-985

  Schwacke, Lori H ^a   Hall, Ailsa J ^b   Townsend, Forrest I ^c   Wells, Randall S ^d   Hansen, Larry J ^e   Hohn, Aleta A ^e   Bossart, Gregory D ^f,h   Fair, Patricia A ^a   Rowles, Teresa K ^g  

^a CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c Bayside Hospital for Animals   (United States)

^d MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NOAA Fisheries   (United States)

^f FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^h GEORGIA AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALPHA GLOBULIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA GLOBULIN; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLOBULIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; IDITOL DEHYDROGENASE; IRON; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE; SODIUM; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BASOPHIL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; GEOGRAPHY; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 69249096685     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.70.8.973     Document Type: Article

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