Pre-analytical factors affecting the results of laboratory blood analyses in farm animal veterinary diagnostics

The quality of the laboratory diagnostic approach in farm animals can be severely affected by pre-analytical factors of variation. They induce increase/decrease of biochemical and hematological analyte concentrations and, as a consequence, they may cause unsuitable conclusions and decisions for anim...

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Main Authors: E. Humann-Ziehank, M. Ganter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731111002679