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Changes in the haematological indices like haemoglobin, mean corpuscular haemoglobin, colour index, iron, total red blood corpuscles, white blood corpuscles and blood glucose in albino rats duringTrypanosoma evansi infection and the influence of some hormones like hydrocortisone, insulin and thyroxine on these changes have been investigated.
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Lemalatha, M., Rao, L.N. & Kameswari, M. Trypanosoma evansi infection and the influence of some hormones on haematological indices in albino rats. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Anim. Sci.) 95, 463–468 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03179383
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