Hematology and Serum Biochemistry for Free-ranging Freshwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni) in Western Australia

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 959-961 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Franciscus Scheelings ◽  
Sean A. Williamson ◽  
Richard D. Reina
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Serum Biochemistry ◽  
Crocodylus Johnstoni ◽  
Free Ranging

scholarly journals Reference intervals for selected serum biochemistry analytes in cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)

2016 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gavin C. Hudson-Lamb ◽  
Johan P. Schoeman ◽  
Emma H. Hooijberg ◽  
Sonja K. Heinrich ◽  
Adrian S.W. Tordiffe
Keyword(s):  
Bootstrap Method ◽  
Parametric Method ◽  
Serum Biochemistry ◽  
Reference Intervals ◽  
Dietary Factors ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Baseline Serum ◽  
Acinonyx Jubatus ◽  
Free Ranging ◽  
Non Parametric

Published haematologic and serum biochemistry reference intervals are very scarce for captive cheetahs and even more for free-ranging cheetahs. The current study was performed to establish reference intervals for selected serum biochemistry analytes in cheetahs. Baseline serum biochemistry analytes were analysed from 66 healthy Namibian cheetahs. Samples were collected from 30 captive cheetahs at the AfriCat Foundation and 36 free-ranging cheetahs from central Namibia. The effects of captivity-status, age, sex and haemolysis score on the tested serum analytes were investigated. The biochemistry analytes that were measured were sodium, potassium, magnesium, chloride, urea and creatinine. The 90% confidence interval of the reference limits was obtained using the non-parametric bootstrap method. Reference intervals were preferentially determined by the non-parametric method and were as follows: sodium (128 mmol/L – 166 mmol/L), potassium (3.9 mmol/L – 5.2 mmol/L), magnesium (0.8 mmol/L – 1.2 mmol/L), chloride (97 mmol/L – 130 mmol/L), urea (8.2 mmol/L – 25.1 mmol/L) and creatinine (88 µmol/L – 288 µmol/L). Reference intervals from the current study were compared with International Species Information System values for cheetahs and found to be narrower. Moreover, age, sex and haemolysis score had no significant effect on the serum analytes in this study. Separate reference intervals for captive and free-ranging cheetahs were also determined. Captive cheetahs had higher urea values, most likely due to dietary factors. This study is the first to establish reference intervals for serum biochemistry analytes in cheetahs according to international guidelines. These results can be used for future health and disease assessments in both captive and free-ranging cheetahs.

scholarly journals Salmonella and Arizona in reptiles and man in Western Australia

1969 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. B. Iveson ◽  
E. M. Mackay-Scollay ◽  
V. Bamford
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Domestic Animals ◽  
Multiple Infections ◽  
Apparent Absence ◽  
Natural Reservoir ◽  
Free Ranging ◽  
Somatic Antigens

SUMMARY1. Ninety-seven (83.6%) of 116 reptiles, comprising 70 lizards, 40 snakes, 4 tortoises and 2 crocodiles, yielded isolations of organisms in the Salmonella and/or Arizona groups.2. The reptiles were captive or free-ranging; the former were drawn from all states of mainland Australia, while the latter were from West Australia only.3. The relative prominence ofSalmonellaserotypes containing numerically highsomatic antigens, the finding of newserotypes, of multiple infections, and of strains in subgenera II and III was remarked.4. The lack of evidence of differences in the serotypes isolated from captive or wild reptiles (except for the isolation ofS. typhimuriumin creatures closely associated with man and his domestic fauna), and the apparent absence of a specific geographical distribution of serotypes in reptiles, lent support to the con clusion that reptiles provide a natural reservoir forSalmonellaand Arizona strains in Australia. The possible spill-over to man, his domestic animals and his food stuffs is discussed.It is a pleasure to record our indebtedness to Dr Joan Taylor for her continuous interest and support in providing confirmation and identification of manySalmonellaserotypes; to Dr W. H. Ewing and later Dr R. Rhode for serotyping the Arizona strains; to Dr G. M. Storr, Curator of Reptiles in the Museum of Western Australia, for identifying the reptiles and to Dr W. S. Davidson, Commissioner of Public Health, Western Australia, for permission to publish.

Hematology and Serum Biochemistry Values of Healthy Free-Ranging Panamanian White-Faced Capuchins (Cebus imitator) in Costa Rica

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 229
Author(s):  
Sofía Bernal-Valle ◽  
Mauricio Jiménez-Soto ◽  
Ana Meneses-Guevara
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Serum Biochemistry ◽  
Free Ranging

Analysis of mitochondrial DNA clarifies the taxonomy and distribution of the Australian snubfin dolphin (Orcaella heinsohni) in northern Australian waters

2011 ◽  
Vol 62 (11) ◽  
pp. 1303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Palmer ◽  
Stephen A. Murphy ◽  
Deborah Thiele ◽  
Guido J. Parra ◽  
Kelly M. Robertson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Conservation Management ◽  
Mitochondrial Control Region ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Base Pairs ◽  
Metapopulation Structure ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Nucleotide Divergence ◽  
Free Ranging ◽  
North Western

Conservation management relies on being able to identify and describe species. Recent morphological and molecular analyses of the dolphin genus Orcaella show a species-level disjunction between eastern Australia and South-east Asia. However, because of restricted sampling, the taxonomic affinities of the geographically intermediate populations in the Northern Territory and Western Australia remained uncertain. We sequenced 403 base pairs of the mitochondrial control region from five free-ranging Orcaella individuals sampled from north-western Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Low net nucleotide divergence (0.11–0.67%) among the Australian Orcaella populations show that populations occurring in the Northern Territory and Western Australia belong to the Australian snubfin (O. heinsohni) rather than the Asian Irrawaddy dolphin (O. brevirostris). Clarifying the distribution of Orcaella is an important first step in the conservation and management for both species; however, an understanding of the metapopulation structure and patterns of dispersal among populations is now needed.

Remote monitoring of crocodilians: implantation, attachment and release methods for transmitters and data-loggers

2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig E. Franklin ◽  
Mark A. Read ◽  
Peter G. Kraft ◽  
Niko Liebsch ◽  
Steve R. Irwin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physiological Variables ◽  
Crocodylus Johnstoni ◽  
Data Loggers ◽  
Archival Tags ◽  
Crocodylus Porosus ◽  
Electronic Tags ◽  
Free Ranging ◽  
Australian Freshwater ◽  
Term Management

Crocodilians are by their very nature difficult animals to study. However, research on wild animals is essential for the development of reliable long-term management. Here, we describe methods for the acquisition and monitoring of behavioural and physiological variables from free-ranging crocodilians through the use of archival tags (data-loggers) and via satellite, radio and acoustic telemetry. Specifically, the attachment or implantation of electronic tags is described and examples provided of the type of data that can be collected. Our research group has used a combination of approaches to monitor the movements, diving activity, body temperatures and heart rates of crocodilians, including studies on the Australian freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni), the estuarine crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) and the caiman (Caiman latirostris). Each approach or method presents unique challenges and problems, chiefly as a consequence of differences in body morphology and size of the crocodilian species, their behaviours and the habitats they occupy.

Hematology and serum biochemistry in debilitated, free-ranging raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) infested with sarcoptic mange

2011 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 425-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuhide Kido ◽  
Chihiro Kamegaya ◽  
Tomoko Omiya ◽  
Yuko Wada ◽  
Maya Takahashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Serum Biochemistry ◽  
Sarcoptic Mange ◽  
Nyctereutes Procyonoides ◽  
Free Ranging ◽  
Raccoon Dogs

Diets and predictions of feeding rate of house mice and Lakeland Downs short-tailed mice inhabiting an arid-zone island in Western Australia

2002 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 249 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Moro ◽  
S. D. Bradshaw
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Feeding Rate ◽  
Arid Zone ◽  
Rodent Species ◽  
Dietary Sodium ◽  
Feeding Rates ◽  
Faecal Pellets ◽  
Dietary Requirements ◽  
Free Ranging

An analysis of the faecal pellets of two species of arid-zone mouse, the house mouse (Mus domesticus) and Lakeland Downs short-tailed mouse (Leggadina lakedownensis), inhabiting Thevenard Island in Western Australia was conducted to ascertain their dietary requirements, and to use this information to predict their feeding rates in the field. Both species consumed seed, monocotyledon and dicotyledon plant material and invertebrate material, although the relative frequency-of-occurrence of these items varied throughout the year. Invertebrate material formed the highest proportion of dietary intake for both rodent species at all times, suggesting that this dietary strategy is advantageous for rodent species that inhabit environments where plant seeding is seasonal and rainfall dependent. The dry-matter intake (DMI) of free-ranging M.�domesticus and L. lakedownensis was predicted and compared using information from two sources: their isotopic water fluxes and the water content of their diet, and their isotopic sodium fluxes and the sodium content of their diet with and without corrections for non-dietary (exogenous) sources of sodium. The DMI derived from the water turnover was high for both species, suggesting that the mice were drinking and that assumptions inherent in this calculation were violated. Feeding rates were also high if no correction was made for exogenous, non-dietary sodium. When corrections were made, however, M. domesticus was predicted to ingest 4.62 ± 0.20 g dry matter day–1 compared with 3.86 ± 0.23 g dry matter day–1 for L.�lakedownensis. When DMI was scaled on the basis of allometric predictions for desert eutherians, only estimates of DMI for M. domesticus fell outside the predicted 95% confidence intervals. The results presented suggest that M. domesticus were obtaining some sodium from sources additional to their diet. Taken together, this methodology provides a useful application for measuring the feeding rate of free-ranging species given known dietary requirements in the field.

scholarly journals Hematology and serum biochemistry of free-ranging and captive Sechuran foxes (Lycalopex sechurae )

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús Lescano ◽  
Miryam Quevedo ◽  
Marina Villalobos ◽  
Cesar M. Gavidia
Keyword(s):  
Serum Biochemistry ◽  
Free Ranging
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