HEMATOLOGICAL AND BLOOD CHEMISTRY PROFILES OF AMERICAN BISON GRAZING ON KONZA PRAIRIE OF KANSAS Author(s): J. G. Vestweber, D. E. Johnson, G. L. Merrill, and J. J. Staats Source: Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 27(3):417-420. Published By: Wildlife Disease Association DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-27.3.417 URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.7589/0090-3558-27.3.417
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of Wildlife
Journal
HEMATOLOGICAL
AND
AMERICAN
GRAZING
BISON
PRAIRIE
CHEMISTRY
PROFILES
1991. pp. 417-420 Association 1991
27(3), Disease
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ON KONZA
OF KANSAS
J. G. Vestweber, Department 2[)partment
D. E. Johnson,2
G. L Merrill,3
J. J. Staats
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of Surgery and Medicine, Kansas State University, of Statistics, Kansas State University, Manhattan,
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Kansas
of Biology,
3DMsion
BLOOD
Diseases. © Wildlife
State University,
Manhattan,
Manhattan, Kansas Kansas 66506, USA
Kansas
66506,
66506,
USA
USA
ABSTRACT: Normal hematological and blood chemistry parameters were measured in 45 American bison (Bison bison) that were divided into three age groups for comparison. There was a statistically significant (P