Plasma Biochemistry Values in Emperor Geese (Chen canagica) in Alaska: Comparisons Among Age, Sex, Incubation, and Molt
Reduced populations of emperor geese (Chen canagica), a Bering Sea endemic, provided the need to assess plasma biochemistry values as indicators of population health. A precursory step to such an investigation was to evaluate patterns of variability in plasma biochemistry values among age, sex, and...
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ftbioone:10.1638/2008-0172.1 2023-07-30T04:02:41+02:00 Plasma Biochemistry Values in Emperor Geese (Chen canagica) in Alaska: Comparisons Among Age, Sex, Incubation, and Molt J. Christian Franson David J. Hoffman Joel A. Schmutz J. Christian Franson David J. Hoffman Joel A. Schmutz world 2009-06-01 text/HTML https://doi.org/10.1638/2008-0172.1 en eng American Association of Zoo Veterinarians doi:10.1638/2008-0172.1 All rights reserved. https://doi.org/10.1638/2008-0172.1 Text 2009 ftbioone https://doi.org/10.1638/2008-0172.1 2023-07-09T10:47:57Z Reduced populations of emperor geese (Chen canagica), a Bering Sea endemic, provided the need to assess plasma biochemistry values as indicators of population health. A precursory step to such an investigation was to evaluate patterns of variability in plasma biochemistry values among age, sex, and reproductive period. Plasma from 63 emperor geese was collected on their breeding grounds on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in western Alaska, USA. The geese sampled included 18 incubating adult females captured, in mid June, on their nests by using bow nets, and 30 adults and 15 goslings captured in corral traps in late July and early August, when the adults were molting their wing feathers and the goslings were 5–6 weeks old. Plasma was evaluated for 15 biochemical parameters, by comparing results among age, sex, and sampling period (incubation versus wing-feather molt). Ten of the 15 biochemical parameters assayed differed among adults during incubation, the adults during molt, and the goslings at molt, whereas sex differences were noted in few parameters. Text Bering Sea Kuskokwim Alaska Yukon BioOne Online Journals Bering Sea Corral ENVELOPE(-62.950,-62.950,-64.900,-64.900) Yukon Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 40 2 321 327 |
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Reduced populations of emperor geese (Chen canagica), a Bering Sea endemic, provided the need to assess plasma biochemistry values as indicators of population health. A precursory step to such an investigation was to evaluate patterns of variability in plasma biochemistry values among age, sex, and reproductive period. Plasma from 63 emperor geese was collected on their breeding grounds on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in western Alaska, USA. The geese sampled included 18 incubating adult females captured, in mid June, on their nests by using bow nets, and 30 adults and 15 goslings captured in corral traps in late July and early August, when the adults were molting their wing feathers and the goslings were 5–6 weeks old. Plasma was evaluated for 15 biochemical parameters, by comparing results among age, sex, and sampling period (incubation versus wing-feather molt). Ten of the 15 biochemical parameters assayed differed among adults during incubation, the adults during molt, and the goslings at molt, whereas sex differences were noted in few parameters. |
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Plasma Biochemistry Values in Emperor Geese (Chen canagica) in Alaska: Comparisons Among Age, Sex, Incubation, and Molt |
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Plasma Biochemistry Values in Emperor Geese (Chen canagica) in Alaska: Comparisons Among Age, Sex, Incubation, and Molt |
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Plasma Biochemistry Values in Emperor Geese (Chen canagica) in Alaska: Comparisons Among Age, Sex, Incubation, and Molt |
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Plasma Biochemistry Values in Emperor Geese (Chen canagica) in Alaska: Comparisons Among Age, Sex, Incubation, and Molt |
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Plasma Biochemistry Values in Emperor Geese (Chen canagica) in Alaska: Comparisons Among Age, Sex, Incubation, and Molt |
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plasma biochemistry values in emperor geese (chen canagica) in alaska: comparisons among age, sex, incubation, and molt |
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