Haematological and serum biochemical reference values for apparently healthy working horses in Pakistan

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 389-395

  Pritchard, Joy C ^a,b   Burn, Charlotte C ^a   Barr, Alistair R S ^a   Whay, Helen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Brooke Hospital for Animals   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Blood; Haematology; Horse; Reference values; Working animals

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATINE KINASE; GLOBULIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORSE; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MUSCLE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY COMPOSITION; CREATININE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HORSES; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UREA;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 70350654308     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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