Diagnostic Hematology of Reptiles

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-108

  Stacy, Nicole I ^a   Alleman, A Rick ^a   Sayler, Katherine A ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood cell morphology; Hematology; Hemogram; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; AZUROPHIL; BASOPHIL; BLOOD DISEASE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD PARASITE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HETEROPHIL; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIRUS INFECTION; WILD ANIMAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; BLOOD CELLS; ENVIRONMENT; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; REPTILES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79551487854     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2010.10.006     Document Type: Review

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