Pathologic and hematologic responses to surgically implanted transmitters in eastern massasauga rattlesnakes (sistrurus catenatus catenatus)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-125

  Lentini, Andrew M ^a   Crawshaw, Graham J ^a   Licht, Lawrence E ^b   McLelland, David J ^a,c  

^a TORONTO ZOO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Adelaide Zoo   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hematology; Implant; Infection; Massasauga rattlesnake; Protein electrophoresis; Radiotransmitter; Sistrurus catenatus; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CROTALUS; NEGIBACTERIA; SERPENTES; SISTRURUS; SISTRURUS CATENATUS; SISTRURUS CATENATUS CATENATUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SNAKE; STANDARD; SURGICAL INFECTION; TELEMETRY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CROTALUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TELEMETRY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 79952266240     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-47.1.107     Document Type: Article

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