Hematological and Plasma Biochemical Reference Intervals in Young White Storks

Montesinos, Andrés; Sainz, Á.; Pablos, María Victoria; Mazzucchelli, Franca; Tesouro, Miguel A.

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-33.3.405

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“…The low plasma AST levels in houbara bustard chicks is consistent with previous studies in young psittacines and storks (Clubb et al, 1990;Hochleithner, 1995;Montesinos et al, 1997), but the cause of this age-dependent increase in activity has not been established. Reasons for the apparently higher levels of AST in juvenile kori bustards in the current study are not known.…”

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confidence: 79%

“…Blood biochemical analysis is an important supplement to history and clinical examination in determining the health status of animals, and previous investigations in juvenile psittacines (Clubb et al, 1990;Joyner and Duarte, 1994), storks (Montesinos et al, 1997) and bustards (D'Aloia, 1996) have described age-related changes in values. There are no published blood chemistry values for either juvenile houbara (Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii) and kori bustards (Ardeotis kori).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Age-Related Plasma Chemistry Changes in Houbara and Kori Bustards in the United Arab Emirates

Bailey

Wernery

Howlett

et al. 1999

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

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Plasma chemistry parameters were measured in adult (Ͼ1.5 yr) and juvenile (4-8 and 9-16 wk) captive houbara bustards (Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii) and from adult (Ͼ1.5 yr) and juvenile (4-8, 9-16, 17-24, 25-32, 33-40 and 41-52 wk) captive kori bustards (Ardeotis kori) to study age-related changes. A comparison of the values obtained was made between adult and juvenile bustards of both species and from the literature with other bustard species. Significant differences between adult and juvenile bustards of both species were found for glucose, total protein, alkaline phosphatase (ALKP), aspartate amino transferase (AST), lactate dehydrogenase, and calcium. Some parameters, such as calcium, showed comparable age-related changes in both species. In contrast, other parameters showed clear differences in the type (ALT, AST) or magnitude (ALKP) of age-related change between the species, demonstrating the importance of determining normal values for individual species. The results obtained from this study provide blood chemistry values for these species and demonstrate age-related differences between adult and juvenile birds.

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Age-Related Plasma Chemistry Changes in Houbara and Kori Bustards in the United Arab Emirates

Bailey

Wernery

Howlett

et al. 1999

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

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“…The mean haematological values presented here are very similar to those presented by Puetra et al (1989) and Montesinos et al (1997) from their studies of White Stork chicks in the wild in Spain, and are also similar to values obtained from chicks of the closely related Black Stork C. nigra (Lanzarot et al 2005). We also found that Ht, Hb, RBC and MCHC parameters changed with age of chicks, which is a well-known pattern in birds, reflecting increased efficiency of oxygen transport in blood with age (Gayathri et al 2004;Eklom and Lill 2006;Simmons and Lill 2006), including White Stork chicks (Montesinos et al 1997).…”

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confidence: 76%

“…Previous haematological studies on the White Stork, both on free-living and captive birds, have generally been limited by sample size (Puetra et al 1989;Alonso et al 1991;Lashev et al 2005) or, in a study with a more robust sample size (Montesinos et al 1997), the authors did not investigate whether parameters differed between male and female chicks. This is understandable because, as a monomorphic species, female and male White Storks do not differ substantially in size and plumage, either during nestling development or as adults (Cwiertnia et al 2006).…”

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Sex and other sources of variation in the haematological parameters of White Stork Ciconia ciconia chicks

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Biochemical and blood cell parameters have commonly been employed as useful minimally invasive indicators of the health or nutritional status of many species. Here, we present data on a suite of commonly measured blood parameters from 342 White Stork Ciconia ciconia chicks of molecularly known sex. Samples were collected in western Poland during four breeding seasons (2005)(2006)(2007)(2008). We examine whether sex, and also season (year), nesting locality, hatch date and brood size, contributed to variation in these blood parameters. There were significant seasonal differences in levels of the heterophil/ lymphocyte ratio, red blood cell count, haematocrit, haemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration, and particularly in white blood cell count. Significant nesting locality effects were detected in haemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular haemoglobin and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration. Hatch date, virtually synonymous with chick age, significantly negatively influenced (i.e. later hatch dates (younger chicks when sampled) had lower values of red blood cell count, haematocrit, haemoglobin and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration. Male chicks had significantly lower levels of red blood cell count, haematocrit, haemoglobin and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration. There was a significant sex/ hatch date interaction for red blood cell count, haematocrit and haemoglobin. Brood size did not significantly affect any of the analysed parameters. Our work shows that blood parameters are influenced by many factors, including sex and age of individuals, and such factors may need to be taken into consideration when using blood parameters as indicators of health. Such considerations are especially critical in the establishment of reference ranges of blood parameters which may be of use in captive rearing of this endangered species.

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“…Typically, variation with age occurs in the first few months of life (Montesinos et al, 1997). All birds in this study were at least 10 mo old so age was not considered in the analyses.…”

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Comparison of Hematologic and Biochemical Reference Ranges Between Captive Populations of Northern Bald Ibises (Geronticus Eremita)

Dutton

Allchurch

Cooper

2002

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

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Hematological and Plasma Biochemical Reference Intervals in Young White Storks

Cited by 41 publications

References 5 publications

Age-Related Plasma Chemistry Changes in Houbara and Kori Bustards in the United Arab Emirates

Age-Related Plasma Chemistry Changes in Houbara and Kori Bustards in the United Arab Emirates

Sex and other sources of variation in the haematological parameters of White Stork Ciconia ciconia chicks

Comparison of Hematologic and Biochemical Reference Ranges Between Captive Populations of Northern Bald Ibises (Geronticus Eremita)

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