Clinical Chemistry Values of Rusa Deer (Cervus timorensis russa)

Abstract

119 serum samples were collected from physiologically restrained rusa deer aged between 16 months to 21 months (27 males and 92 females). Clinical chemistry values were blood urea nitrogen (22.7 ± 3.9 mg/dl), creatinine (0.65 ± 0.09 mg/dl), creatine kinase (290.7 ± 126 U/L), cholesterol (95.0 ± 7.4 mg/dl), glucose (98.0±17.4 mg/dl), amylase (68.8 ± 17.5 U/L), alanine aminotransferase (31.9 ± 3.1 U/L), aspartate aminotransferase (40.7 ± 4.2 U/L), alkaline phosphatase (48.0 ± 8.6 U/L), gamma glutamyltransferase (25.0 ± 4.9 U/L), total bilirubin (1.81 ± 0.59 mg/dl), direct bilirubin (0.37 ± 0.19 mg/dl), total protein (66.7 ± 6.3 g/L), albumin (22.7 ± 3.3 g/L), and A/G ratio (1:1.8). Electrolyte concentration including calcium (12.6 ± 2.2 mg/dl), phosphorus (14.8 ± 1.7 mg/dl), and magnesium (2.5 ± 0.2 mg/dl) were also reported. The mean of some values (BUN, cholesterol, glucose, amylase, AST, AP, total protein, albumin and globulin) were significant differences ( p < 0.01) between the month of blood collecting. Serum protein electrophoresis of 114 samples were albumin (56.2 ± 7.5%), alpha-globulin (8.4 ± 2.4 %), beta-globulin (11.4 ± 1.4 %) and gamma-globulin (24.1 ± 6.1%). Male deer had higher level of beta-globulin (p < 0.05). There were some season higher levels of total protein, alpha-globulin and gamma-globulin in the November group than in the February group.