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The Veterinary Record 158:479 (2006)
© 2006 British Veterinary Association

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Haematological and serum biochemical values of southern chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica)

J. R. López-Olvera, DVM, PhD1, I. Marco, DVM, PhD1, J. Montané, DVM, PhD1 and S. Lavín, DVM, PhD1

1 Servei d'Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge, Facultat de Veterinária (Edifici V), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Correspondence: Correspondence to Dr Lavín

Blood samples were taken from 75 free-ranging southern chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica) captured in drive-nets in Catalonia, north-eastern Spain, and 20 haematological and 24 serum biochemical variables were analysed. The values were similar to those of other species of the Caprinae subfamily, except for cortisol, the concentration of which was higher. The red blood cell count (RBC), platelets and leucocytes, and the concentrations of cortisol, lactate, muscular enzymes and {gamma}-globulins were higher in summer than in spring, whereas the mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular haemoglobin, mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration, and the concentrations of cholesterol, total bilirubin and creatinine were lower. Adult males had higher RBCs and haemoglobin values than females in summer, and lower leucocyte, lymphocyte and neutrophil counts than females and yearling males. The concentrations of triglycerides, total bilirubin, lactate, creatinine, urea, chloride and {alpha}2-globulins were higher in adult males than yearling males. In summer the adult females had higher values for platelets, lymphocytes, cortisol, sodium and muscular enzymes.




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