Haematological and Biochemical Parameters of Captive Siberian Tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) from the Heilongjiang Province, China

Haematological and biochemical parameters play important roles in safeguarding animal health and preventing disease, but the blood reference values of many wild animals are still unknown. Recently, few descriptions of the blood parameters of Siberian tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) have been report...

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Published in:Veterinary medicine and science 2021-05, Vol.7 (3), p.1015-1022
Main Authors: Liu, Enqi, Ma, Liying, You, Dan, Yang, Cen, Hu, Yawen, Xu, Haitao, Liu, Dan, Wang, Yajun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alkaline phosphatase
Animals
Bilirubin
biochemical parameters
Blood
captive
Cell size
Creatinine
Endangered & extinct species
Endangered species
Erythrocytes
Females
Globulins
haematological parameters
Hematology
Hemoglobin
Males
Medical equipment
Original
Panthera tigris altaica
Parks & recreation areas
Platelets
Potassium
Siberian tigers
Software
Statistical analysis
Wildcats
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Summary:Haematological and biochemical parameters play important roles in safeguarding animal health and preventing disease, but the blood reference values of many wild animals are still unknown. Recently, few descriptions of the blood parameters of Siberian tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) have been reported because these tigers comprise an endangered species; however, it is extremely difficult to obtain blood samples necessary for these analyses. This study presents 14 haematological and 16 biochemical parameters of 133 Siberian tigers, of which 112 and 21 were from Heilongjiang Siberian Tiger Park (HB) and Hailin Siberian Tiger Park (HD), China, respectively. Our study is the first to determine the following parameters in Siberian tigers: red blood cell volume distribution width, platelet count, mean platelet volume, amylase (AMY), sodium/potassium, globulin and albumin/globulin levels. As the data for total bilirubin and AMY were not statistically significant, no statistical analysis was conducted for these parameters. Few parameters were significantly different according to sex and region (p 
ISSN:2053-1095
2053-1095
DOI:10.1002/vms3.395