First report of changes in leukocyte morphology in response to inflammatory conditions in Asian and African elephants (Elephas maximus and Loxodonta africana)

Nicole I. Stacy; Ramiro Isaza; Ellen Wiedner

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0185277

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First report of changes in leukocyte morphology in response to inflammatory conditions in Asian and African elephants (Elephas maximus and Loxodonta africana)

Nicole I. Stacy ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: stacyn@ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4258-4414

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Ramiro Isaza,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Ellen Wiedner

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Wilds, Cumberland, Ohio, United States of America
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First report of changes in leukocyte morphology in response to inflammatory conditions in Asian and African elephants (Elephas maximus and Loxodonta africana)

Nicole I. Stacy,
Ramiro Isaza,
Ellen Wiedner

Published: September 21, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185277

About the Authors

Nicole I. Stacy

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: stacyn@ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4258-4414

Ramiro Isaza

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Ellen Wiedner

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Wilds, Cumberland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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