Differences in protein fractions of avian plasma among three commercial electrophoresis systems

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-110

  Cray, Carolyn ^a   King, Ed ^b   Rodriguez, Marilyn ^a   Decker, Lilli S ^b   Arheart, Kristopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African grey parrots; avian; protein electrophoresis; Psittacus erithacus

Indexed keywords

ALBUMINOID; GLOBULIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; PREALBUMIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHORESIS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PARROT;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GLOBULINS; PARROTS; PREALBUMIN;

AVES; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES; PSITTACUS ERITHACUS;

EID: 79960354766     PISSN: 10826742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1647/2010-019.1     Document Type: Article

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