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Severe haemolytic anaemia and disseminated intravascular coagulation in a wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)

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Severe haemolytic anaemia and diffuse intravascular coagulation were identified in a red-necked wallaby which was also suffering from necrobacillosis. Since no other cause of the haemolysis could be identified, the anaemia was probably due to haemolysins produced by the anaerobic organisms of the necrobacillosis lesion.

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  1. Department of Veterinary Science, The Institute of Zoology, The Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, NWI 4RY, London, UK

    V. Y. Muir &  C. M. Hawkey

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Muir, V.Y., Hawkey, C.M. Severe haemolytic anaemia and disseminated intravascular coagulation in a wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus). Comparative Haematology International 1, 178–180 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00515668

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