Thrombocyte morphology and morphometric observations in two vulture species

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 316-320

  du Plessis, Lizette ^a   van Wilpe, Erna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blood cell morphology; Electron microscopy; Morphometry; Thrombocyte; Ultrastructure; Vulture

Indexed keywords

AVES; GYPS AFRICANUS; GYPS COPROTHERES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; RAPTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PLATELETS; RAPTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70350733652     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: 1939165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2009.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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