Influence of road transportation on plasma concentrations of acute phase proteins, including fibrinogen, haptoglobin, serum amyloid A, and ceruloplasmin, in dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius)

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-198

  Baghshani, H ^a   Nazifi, S ^a   Saeb, M ^a   Saeb, S ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ceruloplasmin; Dromedary camel; Fibrinogen; Haptoglobin; Road transportation; Serum amyloid A

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951252603     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-009-0839-2     Document Type: Article

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