Sampling small quantities of blood from microbats

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 255-258

  Smith, Craig S ^a,b,c   De Jong, Carol E ^b,c   Field, Hume E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bats; Bleeding; Blood; Mammals; Plasma; Sampling; Serum

Indexed keywords

BAT; BLOOD; PLASMA; SAMPLING; SERUM;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77953262405     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811010X504752     Document Type: Article

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