Development of an animal-borne blood sample collection device and its deployment for the determination of cardiovascular and stress hormones in phocid seals

An animal-borne blood sampler with data-logging functions was developed for phocid seals, which collected two blood samples for the comparison of endocrinological/biochemical parameters under two different conditions. The sampler can be triggered by preset hydrostatic pressure, acceleration (descend...

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Published in:American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology integrative and comparative physiology, 2016-10, Vol.311 (4), p.R788-R796
Main Authors: Takei, Yoshio, Suzuki, Ippei, Wong, Marty K S, Milne, Ryan, Moss, Simon, Sato, Katsufumi, Hall, Ailsa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Atrial Natriuretic Factor - blood
Blood Specimen Collection - instrumentation
Cardiovascular System - metabolism
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Female
Hormones - blood
Information Storage and Retrieval
Male
Monitoring, Ambulatory - instrumentation
Reproducibility of Results
Seals, Earless - blood
Sensitivity and Specificity
Stress, Physiological - physiology
Syringes
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Summary:An animal-borne blood sampler with data-logging functions was developed for phocid seals, which collected two blood samples for the comparison of endocrinological/biochemical parameters under two different conditions. The sampler can be triggered by preset hydrostatic pressure, acceleration (descending or ascending), temperature, and time, and also manually by light. The sampling was reliable with 39/50 (78%) successful attempts to collect blood samples. Contamination of fluids in the tubing to the next blood sample was
ISSN:0363-6119
1522-1490
DOI:10.1152/ajpregu.00211.2016