Hematologic and serum chemistry reference intervals for free-ranging lions (Panthera leo)

被引：17

作者：

Maas, Miriam ^{[1
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Keet, Dewald F. ^{[2
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Nielen, Mirjam ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Utrecht, Fac Vet Med, Dept Farm Anim Hlth, Div Epidemiol, Utrecht, Netherlands

[2] Univ Pretoria, Fac Vet Sci, Dept Vet Trop Dis, ZA-0110 Onderstepoort, South Africa

[3] Univ Utrecht, Fac Vet Med, Dept Infect Dis & Immunol, Div Immunol, Utrecht, Netherlands

[4] Directorate Vet Serv, Skukuza, South Africa

来源：

RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE | 2013年 / 95卷 / 01期

关键词：

Lions; Panthera leo; Hematology; Serum chemistry; Reference intervals; VALUES;

D O I：

10.1016/j.rvsc.2013.01.023

中图分类号：

S85 [动物医学（兽医学）];

学科分类号：

0906 ;

摘要：

Hematologic and serum chemistry values are used by veterinarians and wildlife researchers to assess health status and to identify abnormally high or low levels of a particular blood parameter in a target species. For free-ranging lions (Panthera leo) information about these values is scarce. In this study 7 hematologic and 11 serum biochemistry values were evaluated from 485 lions from the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Significant differences between sexes and sub-adult (<= 36 months) and adult (>36 months) lions were found for most of the blood parameters and separate reference intervals were made for those values. The obtained reference intervals include the means of the various blood parameter values measured in captive lions, except for alkaline phosphatase in the subadult group. These reference intervals can be utilized for free-ranging lions, and may likely also be used as reference intervals for captive lions. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：266 / 268

页数：3

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