Serum thyroxine concentrations in clinically healthy pet guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus)

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 507-510

  Müller, Kerstin ^a   Müller, Elisabeth ^b   Klein, Ruth ^b   Brunnberg, Leo ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LABOKLIN GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavia porcellus; Guinea pig; Serum; T4; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROXINE;

CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS;

EID: 77149156955     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: 1939165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2009.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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