PMID- 1548807 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19920421 LR - 20061115 IS - 0090-3558 (Print) IS - 0090-3558 (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 1 DP - 1992 Jan TI - Energy metabolism and hematology of white-tailed deer fawns. PG - 91-4 AB - Resting metabolic rates, weight gains and hematologic profiles of six newborn, captive white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawns (four females, two males) were determined during the first 3 mo of life. Estimated mean daily weight gain of fawns was 0.2 kg. The regression equation for metabolic rate was: Metabolic rate (kcal/kg0.75/day) = 56.1 +/- 1.3 (age in days), r = 0.65, P less than 0.001). Regression equations were also used to relate age to red blood cell count (RBC), hemoglobin concentration (Hb), packed cell volume, white blood cell count, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), and mean corpuscular hemoglobin. The age relationships of Hb, MCHC, and smaller RBC's were indicative of an increasing and more efficient oxygen-carrying and exchange capacity to fulfill the increasing metabolic demands for oxygen associated with increasing body size. FAU - Rawson, R E AU - Rawson RE AD - Department of Veterinary Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108. FAU - DelGiudice, G D AU - DelGiudice GD FAU - Dziuk, H E AU - Dziuk HE FAU - Mech, L D AU - Mech LD LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Wildl Dis JT - Journal of wildlife diseases JID - 0244160 RN - 0 (Hemoglobins) SB - IM MH - Aging/blood/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn/blood/growth & development/*metabolism MH - Deer/blood/growth & development/*metabolism MH - *Energy Metabolism MH - Erythrocyte Count/veterinary MH - Erythrocyte Indices/veterinary MH - Female MH - Hematocrit/veterinary MH - Hemoglobins/analysis MH - Leukocyte Count/veterinary MH - Male MH - Reference Values MH - Regression Analysis MH - Weight Gain EDAT- 1992/01/01 00:00 MHDA- 1992/01/01 00:01 CRDT- 1992/01/01 00:00 PHST- 1992/01/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1992/01/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1992/01/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.7589/0090-3558-28.1.91 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Wildl Dis. 1992 Jan;28(1):91-4. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-28.1.91.