Hematological survey of common neotropical bat species from costa rica

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 382-391

  Schinnerl, Martin ^a   Aydinonat, Denise ^a   Schwarzenberger, Franz ^a   Voigt, Christian C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

bat; blood cell; Chiroptera; hematocrit; hemogram; leukocytes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BAT; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COSTA RICA; GENETICS; HEMATOCRIT; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHIROPTERA; COSTA RICA; HEMATOCRIT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CHIROPTERA; ECTOPHYLLA ALBA; EMBALLONURIDAE; MAMMALIA; MOLOSSIDAE; MOLOSSUS BONDAE; MOLOSSUS SINALOAE; MORMOOPIDAE; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; PHYLLOSTOMUS DISCOLOR; TRACHOPS CIRRHOSUS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 80052935104     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2010-0060.1     Document Type: Review

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