Beckmann Katie M, O'Donovan Declan, McKeown Sean, Wernery Ulli, Basu Puja, Bailey Tom A
Dubai Falcon Hospital, P.O. Box 23919, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
J Zoo Wildl Med. 2013 Sep;44(3):613-26. doi: 10.1638/2011-0156R2.1.
There are few published data regarding the endangered Northern-East African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii), held in captivity in the Middle East and Europe. Studies have demonstrated a high incidence of disease in captive cheetahs, in which vitamin and trace element imbalances have often been implicated. Blood vitamin and trace element reference values in cheetahs merit further investigation. In this study, blood samples were opportunistically collected from apparently healthy A. j. soemmeringii from two collections (A and B) with successful breeding programs in the United Arab Emirates. The cheetahs were fed whole prey of mixed species (and, in Collection B, goat muscle and bone as well) dusted with vitamin and mineral supplements. Mean serum vitamin and trace element values (for cheetahs > 4 mo in age) were as follows: vitamin A (retinol), 2.20 microM/L (n = 27); vitamin B1, 0.0818 microM/L (n = 45); vitamin C, 28.6 microM/L (n=10); vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol), 35.6 microM/L (n = 27); copper (Cu), 12.53 microM/L (n = 27); selenium (Se), 3.10 microM/L (n = 27); and zinc (Zn), 10.87 microM/L (n = 27). Mean values of vitamin A, vitamin E, Cu, and Zn fell within ranges of published cheetah mean values, and mean Se was lower than range values for cheetahs presented in one previous study; blood vitamin B1 and vitamin C values of cheetahs have not previously been published. The values were taken to indicate that the cheetahs' nutritional status was adequate with regard to those nutrients analyzed. Serum vitamin E was particularly high in cheetahs fed fresh whole prey, and on this basis vitamin E supplementation of fresh whole prey appeared to have been unnecessary. There were differences (P < 0.05) between collections in serum vitamin B1, vitamin E, Cu, and 10 other hematologic and biochemical parameters. Nine hematologic and blood biochemical parameters differed among age categories.
关于中东和欧洲圈养的濒危东北非猎豹（Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii），已发表的数据很少。研究表明圈养猎豹疾病发病率很高，其中维生素和微量元素失衡常常与此有关。猎豹血液中维生素和微量元素的参考值值得进一步研究。在本研究中，从阿联酋两个有成功繁殖计划的猎豹种群（A和B）中，对看似健康的索氏猎豹（A. j. soemmeringii）机会性地采集了血样。这些猎豹喂食混合物种的完整猎物（在种群B中还包括山羊肌肉和骨头），并添加了维生素和矿物质补充剂。（年龄大于4个月的猎豹的）血清维生素和微量元素平均值如下：维生素A（视黄醇），2.20微摩尔/升（n = 27）；维生素B1，0.0818微摩尔/升（n = 45）；维生素C，28.6微摩尔/升（n = 10）；维生素E（α-生育酚），35.6微摩尔/升（n = 27）；铜（Cu），12.53微摩尔/升（n = 27）；硒（Se），3.10微摩尔/升（n = 27）；锌（Zn），10.87微摩尔/升（n = 27）。维生素A、维生素E、铜和锌的平均值落在已发表的猎豹平均值范围内，硒的平均值低于之前一项研究中给出的猎豹范围值；猎豹血液中维生素B1和维生素C的值此前尚未发表。这些值表明就所分析的那些营养素而言，猎豹的营养状况是充足的。喂食新鲜完整猎物的猎豹血清维生素E特别高，基于此，对新鲜完整猎物补充维生素E似乎没有必要。种群之间血清维生素B1、维生素E、铜以及其他10项血液学和生化参数存在差异（P < 0.05）。9项血液学和血液生化参数在不同年龄类别之间存在差异。
