Hematologic and plasma biochemical findings in cold-stunned Kemp's ridley turtles: 176 cases (2001-2005)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 235, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 426-432

  Innis, Charles J ^a,d   Ravich, Jared B ^b   Tlusty, Michael F ^a   Hoge, Melissa S ^a   Wunn, Denise S ^c   Boerner Neville, Leslie B ^a   Merigo, Constance ^a   Weber III, E Scott ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; TESTUDINES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COLD; FEMALE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TURTLE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURTLES;

EID: 69449091346     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.235.4.426     Document Type: Article

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