Haematological and biochemical reference intervals for free-ranging brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Sweden
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...
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ftslunivuppsala:oai:pub.epsilon.slu.se:24804 2023-05-15T18:42:10+02:00 Haematological and biochemical reference intervals for free-ranging brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Sweden Græsli, Anne Fahlman, Åsa Evans, Alina L. Bertelsen, Mads Frost Arnemo, Jon Nielsen, Søren Saxmose 2014 application/pdf https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/24804/ https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/24804/1/graesli_et_al_210706.pdf en eng eng https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/24804/1/graesli_et_al_210706.pdf 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] Ecology Other Veterinary Science Research article NonPeerReviewed info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2014 ftslunivuppsala 2022-01-09T19:16:28Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ursus arctos Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU): Epsilon Open Archive |
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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. |
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Græsli, Anne Fahlman, Åsa Evans, Alina L. Bertelsen, Mads Frost Arnemo, Jon Nielsen, Søren Saxmose |
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Græsli, Anne Fahlman, Åsa Evans, Alina L. Bertelsen, Mads Frost Arnemo, Jon Nielsen, Søren Saxmose |
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Haematological and biochemical reference intervals for free-ranging brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Sweden |
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Haematological and biochemical reference intervals for free-ranging brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Sweden |
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Haematological and biochemical reference intervals for free-ranging brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Sweden |
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Haematological and biochemical reference intervals for free-ranging brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Sweden |
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Haematological and biochemical reference intervals for free-ranging brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Sweden |
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haematological and biochemical reference intervals for free-ranging brown bears (ursus arctos) in sweden |
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https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/24804/1/graesli_et_al_210706.pdf 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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