Title
Perfil bioquímico sanguíneo hepático y renal en el sajino (Tayassu tajacu) criado en cautiverio en la amazonía peruana
Date Issued
01 January 2005
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The objective of this study was to establish reference serum values for bilirrubin (total and direct), alanine amino transferase (ALT), aspartate amino transferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase, cholesterol, total protein, albumin, urea, and creatinine in healthy collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu) kept under captivity in the Amazonian jungle of Peru (Loreto, Iquitos). A total of 28 adult animals (14 males and 14 females) were used. Blood samples (7 ml) were collected from the safen vein. Serum values were: Total bilirrubin: 0.7 � 0.2 mg/dl; direct bilirrubin: 0.2 � 0.1 mg/dl; ALT: 26.5 � 9.1 UI/l; AST: 15.9 � 8.4 UI/l; alkaline phosphatase: 27.5 � 15.5 UI/l; cholesterol: 94.4 � 20.2 mg/dl; total protein: 8.5 � 1.1 g/dl; albumin: 4.4 � 0.5 g/dl; urea: 58.1 � 11.1 mg/dl; and creatinine: 2.2 � 0.5 mg/dl. It was concluded that serum values were similar to other results reported in the literature and without statistical differences due to sex.
Start page
175
End page
179
Volume
16
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-80052124432
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
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