PMID- 33261073
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20201226
IS  - 2076-2615 (Print)
IS  - 2076-2615 (Electronic)
IS  - 2076-2615 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 12
DP  - 2020 Nov 27
TI  - Hematology and Blood Chemistry Reference Values of Captive Adult Black-Faced Ibis 
      (Theristicus melanopis melanopis).
LID - 10.3390/ani10122227 [doi]
LID - 2227
AB  - Hematology and blood chemistry reference values in wildlife animals are 
      considered a key element to evaluate their health and welfare status. The 
      incidence of birds rescued is increasing, thus, rehabilitation centers worldwide 
      need valid reference values to improve medical care for wild individuals. The 
      objective of this study was to obtain the reference values of the adult 
      black-faced ibis (Theristicus melanopis). Blood was taken from adult 
      rehabilitated birds and analyzed to obtain red and white line values such as 
      hematocrit, hemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular 
      hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), heterophils, 
      lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils and basophils. Values for blood glucose, 
      proteins, albumin, globulin, calcium, phosphorus, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), 
      creatinine, alkaline phosphatase, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), 
      gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), creatine 
      phosphokinase (CPK) and albumin:globulin (A/G) ratio were also obtained. The 
      results were similar to others reported for species of the Threskiornithidae 
      family (bald, glossy and Puna ibises), but showed higher values for white blood 
      cells (WBC), heterophils, monocytes and heterophil-lymphocyte (H/L) ratio, but 
      lower values for basophils and eosinophils. Moreover, higher values in albumin, 
      BUN and CPK were observed. This is the first report of the hematology references 
      values for the black-faced ibis showing differences to other closely related 
      species. The results may be of use in rescue and rehabilitation centers for 
      animal welfare and health assessments of the black-faced ibis.
FAU - Silva, Alonso
AU  - Silva A
AD  - Parque Safari Chile, Ruta H-30, Km 5, Camino a Donihue S/N, Rancagua 2840169, 
      Chile.
FAU - Mujica, Paola
AU  - Mujica P
AD  - Nucleo de Investigacion Aplicada en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronomicas, 
      Universidad de Las Americas, Santiago 7500972, Chile.
FAU - Valdes, Evelyn
AU  - Valdes E
AD  - Nucleo de Investigacion Aplicada en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronomicas, 
      Universidad de Las Americas, Santiago 7500972, Chile.
FAU - Canon-Jones, Hernan
AU  - Canon-Jones H
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0624-9563
AD  - Nucleo de Investigacion Aplicada en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronomicas, 
      Universidad de Las Americas, Santiago 7500972, Chile.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20201127
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Animals (Basel)
JT  - Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
JID - 101635614
PMC - PMC7760043
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - conservation health
OT  - ecosystems
OT  - rehabilitation
OT  - wild bird health
OT  - wild bird welfare
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2020/12/03 06:00
MHDA- 2020/12/03 06:01
PMCR- 2020/11/27
CRDT- 2020/12/02 01:03
PHST- 2020/10/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/11/19 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/11/23 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/12/02 01:03 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/12/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/12/03 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/11/27 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ani10122227 [pii]
AID - animals-10-02227 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ani10122227 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Animals (Basel). 2020 Nov 27;10(12):2227. doi: 10.3390/ani10122227.