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Vet Mex 2004; 35 (1)
Selected biochemical values in blood plasma of ostriches of different age and sex
Bouda J, Quiroz-Rocha GF, Sánchez RE, Esquivel PJ, Dávalos FJL
Language: English/Spanish
References: 16
Page: 55-54
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ABSTRACT
Selected biochemical values were determined in venous blood plasma from 45 clinically
healthy ostriches (Struthio camelus) of different age and sex at an altitude
2 200 m above sea level. Animals were divided by age into 4 groups and the group
of adults was divided by sex into 2 subgroups. Group 1 included chickens (n
= 10) aged 26.5 d; Group 2 included 70-day-old chickens (n = 10); Group 3 were
juvenile birds (n = 8) aged 232.4 d; Group 4 was formed by 10 females and 7
males (n = 17), aged 6 years old. The diet was a mixture composed of chopped
alfalfa hay, sorghum and soybean meal, supplemented with vitamins and minerals.
Drinking water and diet were provided ad libitum. In all blood samples 17 biochemical
analytes were determined. Significant (P 0.05) age effect was found in the values
for glucose, uric acid, total protein, albumin, globulins, Ca2+, inorganic P,
cholesterol, ALT, AST, creatine kinase, alkaline phosphatase and amylase. There
was also a significant (P < 0.05) sex difference in values for total protein,
albumin, globulins, Ca2+, Mg2+ and inorganic P. Blood biochemical values determined
in this study can be considered reference data for disease diagnosis in ostriches
of different ages.
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