Comparative Hemostasis in Vertebrates

✍ Scribed by Jessica H. Lewis (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 430
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The author examines hemostasis in animals from all seven major vertebrate classes. Her research provides unique insights into the phylogenetic development of the various phases and components of hemostasis. This monograph is a valuable reference for students, researchers, and teachers of biology, zoology, veterinary science, and human medicine.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-15
Laboratory Methods and Test Parameters....Pages 17-25
Human Hemostatic/Coagulation Mechanisms....Pages 27-34
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
The Sea Lamprey....Pages 37-42
The Cartilaginous Fish....Pages 43-56
The Bony Fish....Pages 57-69
The Amphibians....Pages 71-84
The Reptiles....Pages 85-96
Domestic Fowl....Pages 97-114
Primitive Australian Mammals....Pages 115-122
The Opossum....Pages 123-134
The Spiny Hedgehog....Pages 135-142
The Fruit Bat....Pages 143-152
The Primates....Pages 153-167
The Nine-Banded Armadillo....Pages 169-180
Rabbits....Pages 181-192
Rodents....Pages 193-207
The Bottle-Nosed Porpoise....Pages 209-221
The Carnivores....Pages 223-240
Seals....Pages 241-248
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
The Indian Elephant....Pages 249-259
The Manatee....Pages 261-270
The Thoroughbred Riding Horse....Pages 271-284
Pigs....Pages 285-298
The Camel Family....Pages 299-308
The Hollow-Horned Domestic Ruminants....Pages 309-322
Front Matter....Pages 323-323
Comparative Hemostasis....Pages 325-359
Comparative Hematology....Pages 361-376
Comparative Serology....Pages 377-387
Back Matter....Pages 389-426

✦ Subjects

Hematology; Biochemistry, general