Græsli, Anne and Fahlman, Åsa and Evans, Alina L. and Bertelsen, Mads Frost and Arnemo, Jon and Nielsen, Søren Saxmose
(2014).
Haematological and biochemical reference intervals for free-ranging brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Sweden.
BMC Veterinary Research. 10
, 183
[Research article]
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Abstract
Background: Establishment of haematological and biochemical reference intervals is important to assess health of animals on individual and population level. Reference intervals for 13 haematological and 34 biochemical variables were established based on 88 apparently healthy free-ranging brown bears (39 males and 49 females) in Sweden. The animals were chemically immobilised by darting from a helicopter with a combination of medetomidine, tiletamine and zolazepam in April and May 2006-2012 in the county of Dalarna, Sweden. Venous blood samples were collected during anaesthesia for radio collaring and marking for ecological studies. For each of the variables, the reference interval was described based on the 95% confidence interval, and differences due to host characteristics sex and age were included if detected. To our knowledge, this is the first report of reference intervals for free-ranging brown bears in Sweden.Results: The following variables were not affected by host characteristics: red blood cell, white blood cell, monocyte and platelet count, alanine transaminase, amylase, bilirubin, free fatty acids, glucose, calcium, chloride, potassium, and cortisol. Age differences were seen for the majority of the haematological variables, whereas sex influenced only mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration, aspartate aminotransferase, lipase, lactate dehydrogenase, beta-globulin, bile acids, triglycerides and sodium.Conclusions: The biochemical and haematological reference intervals provided and the differences due to host factors age and gender can be useful for evaluation of health status in free-ranging European brown bears.
Authors/Creators: | Græsli, Anne and Fahlman, Åsa and Evans, Alina L. and Bertelsen, Mads Frost and Arnemo, Jon and Nielsen, Søren Saxmose | ||||||
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Title: | Haematological and biochemical reference intervals for free-ranging brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Sweden | ||||||
Series Name/Journal: | BMC Veterinary Research | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2014 | ||||||
Volume: | 10 | ||||||
Article number: | 183 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 9 | ||||||
ISSN: | 1746-6148 | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Published version | ||||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Ecology (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 403 Veterinary Science > Other Veterinary Science | ||||||
Keywords: | Brown bear, Ursus arctos, Haematology, Biochemistry, Reference intervals | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-61037 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-61037 | ||||||
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ID Code: | 24804 | ||||||
Faculty: | VH - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science S - Faculty of Forest Sciences | ||||||
Department: | (VH) > Dept. of Clinical Sciences (S) > Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 06 Jul 2021 07:26 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 06 Jul 2021 07:31 |
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