Haematology, blood chemistry and urine parameters of free-ranging plains viscachas (Lagostomus maximus) in Argentina determined by use of a portable blood analyser (i-STAT®) and conventional laboratory methods

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 260-264

  Wenker, C J ^a   Hunziker, D ^b   Lopez, J ^c   Oppliger, H ^c   Forrer, R ^d   Lutz, H ^d  

^a Zoo Basel Postfach   (Switzerland)

^b Granja la Esmeralda   (Argentina)

^c Reserva de Flora y Fauna Pampanea   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHINCHILLA; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RODENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINE;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINCHILLA; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RODENTIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CHINCHILLIDAE; LAGOSTOMUS MAXIMUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34249069492     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: 14390442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2007.00903.x     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Bland, J. M. D. G. Altman, 1986 : Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet 1, 307 310.
2. Blumer, E. S., Z. Namshir, B. Tuya, B. Mijiddorj, R. P. Reading H. Mix, 1999 : Field studies of wild Bactrian camels (Camelus bactrianus ferus) in Mongolia. Proc. Am. Assoc. Zoo Veterinarians 187 190.
3. Boyd, E. H., S. K. Mikota, J. Smith, R. Aguilar, T. Demaar, D. Hunt G. Hosgood, 2000 : Blood gas analysis in Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) and Eland (Tragelaphus oryx) antelope. Proc. Am. Assoc. Zoo Veterinarians 106 110.
4. Bush, B. M., 1991 : Interpretation of Laboratory Results for Small Animal Clinicians. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, UK.
5. Carpenter, J. W., T. Y. Mashima D. J. Rupiper, 2001 : Exotic Animal Formulary, 2nd edn. W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA.
6. Eggenberger, E. R. Thun, 1984 : Eine graphische Methode zur Darstellung von Messwerten. Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd. 126, 199 205.
7. Forrer, R., C. Wenker, K. Gautschi H. Lutz, 2001 : Concentration of 17 trace elements in serum and whole blood of plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus) by ICP-MS, their reference ranges, and their relation to cataract. Biol. Trace Elem. Res. 81, 47 62.
8. Heidt, G. A., R. A. Rucker, M. L. Kennedy M. E. Baeyens, 1988 : Haematology, intestinal parasites, and selected disease antibodies from a population of bobcats (Felis rufus) in central Arkansas. J. Wildl. Dis. 24, 180 183.
9. Hillyer, E. V. K. E. Quesenberry, 1997 : Ferrets, Rabbits and Rodents. Clinical Medicine and Surgery. W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA.
10. ISIS, International Species Information System, 2006 : http://www.isis.org, species holdings. 04.07.2006.
11. i-STAT®, 1996 : System Manual. i-STAT®, Princeton, NJ.
12. Katz, N., 1995 : Intensiv- und Zentrallabor: Anforderungsprofile, organisatorischer Rahmen und Qualitätskontrolle von Labordiagnostik. Anaesthesist (Suppl. 44 16.
13. Kiefer, J., G. Winkler, L. Van Hove, A. Walsh, P. Thomann, S. Wyss, E. Eggenberger H. Lutz, 1999 : Evaluation of the CELL-DYN® 3500 haematology instrument for the analysis of the mouse and the rat blood. Comp. Hematol. Int. 9, 92 106.
14. Matburger, C., J. Henke, J. Hirschberger, S. Matburger W. Erhardt, 2000 : Evaluation des tragbaren i-STAT®-Blutanalysegerätes im klinischen Einsatz beim Hund. Tierärztl. Prax. 28, 132 137.
15. Mitten, L. A., K. W. Hinchcliff R. A. Sams, 1995 : A portable blood gas analyzer for equine venous blood. J. Vet. Intern. Med. 9, 353 356.
16. Spraker, T. R., 1982 : An overview of the pathophysiology of capture myopathy and related conditions that occur at the time of capture of wild animals. In : Nielsen, L., J. C. Haigh M. E. Fowler (eds Chemical Immobilization of North American Wildlife, pp. 83 118. Wisconsin Humane Society, Milwaukee, WI.
17. Wenker, C. J., 2001 : Diabetes and cataract in captive plains viscachas (Lagostomus maximus) and long-term effects of a diet change. Proc. Am. Assoc. Zoo Veterinarians, 300 304.
18. Wenker, C. J., H. Oppliger, D. Hunziker, J. Lopez E. Isenbügel, 2000 : Mission (im)possible: capture management and field research of free-ranging plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus) in Argentina. Proc. Eur. Assoc. Zoo Wildl. Veterinarians 3, 151 154.