PMID- 8151827
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19940510
LR  - 20081121
IS  - 0090-3558 (Print)
IS  - 0090-3558 (Linking)
VI  - 30
IP  - 1
DP  - 1994 Jan
TI  - The hematological profile of the mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella): variations 
      with sex, age, capture method, season, and anesthesia.
PG  - 69-76
AB  - Hematological parameters were measured in 408 blood samples collected over a 
      30-mo period from 254 captive mountain gazelles (Gazella gazella) in Saudi 
      Arabia. We evaluated the influence of sex, age, capture method, and season, on 
      these parameters. Evaluations also were made with a small number of anesthetized 
      animals. Males had a significantly higher mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and mean 
      corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) than females. There was no observed neutrophil: 
      lymphocyte ratio shift for either sex during the first months of life. The 
      effects of different capture methods generally were similar in males and females 
      and included a significantly lower MCV and MCH after quick capture. Animals 
      undergoing slow capture had a significantly lower mean corpuscular hemoglobin 
      concentration (MCHC), and very pronounced stress neutrophilia. We propose that 
      this stress neutrophilia caused the permanently high neutrophil: lymphocyte ratio 
      (62:36 average for all gazelles tested) and the lack of a neutrophil: lymphocyte 
      shift in young animals. Erythrocyte counts were significantly higher in summer, 
      while packed cell volume and hemoglobin concentration were the same in summer and 
      winter; thus there was a significantly lower MCV and MCH, and a significantly 
      higher MCHC in summer in both sexes. Fibrinogen varied significantly by sex, age, 
      capture method, and anesthesia.
FAU - Rietkerk, F E
AU  - Rietkerk FE
AD  - Zoological Society of London, King Khalid Wildlife Research Centre, National 
      Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi 
      Arabia.
FAU - Delima, E C
AU  - Delima EC
FAU - Mubarak, S M
AU  - Mubarak SM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Wildl Dis
JT  - Journal of wildlife diseases
JID - 0244160
RN  - 9001-32-5 (Fibrinogen)
SB  - IM
MH  - Aging/*blood
MH  - Anesthesia/veterinary
MH  - Animals
MH  - Animals, Newborn/*blood
MH  - Antelopes/*blood
MH  - Blood Cell Count
MH  - *Blood Cells
MH  - Erythrocyte Indices
MH  - Female
MH  - Fibrinogen/analysis
MH  - Male
MH  - Reference Values
MH  - Saudi Arabia
MH  - Seasons
MH  - Sex Characteristics
MH  - Stress, Physiological/blood/veterinary
EDAT- 1994/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1994/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1994/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1994/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1994/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1994/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.7589/0090-3558-30.1.69 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Wildl Dis. 1994 Jan;30(1):69-76. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-30.1.69.