García Germán O, Paterlini Carla A, Castano Melina V, Nicolli Anabella R, Zumpano Francisco, Favero Marco
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), UNMdP-CONICET, B7602GSD Mar del Plata, Argentina,
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), UNMdP-CONICET, B7602GSD Mar del Plata, Argentina.
J Zoo Wildl Med. 2019 Jun 13;50(2):330-336. doi: 10.1638/2018-0073.
Analysis of serum parameters provides information about body condition, nutritional state, and health status of individuals/species, and has broad application in ecological research and veterinary diagnosis. This study establishes baseline values for serum chemistries of the Olrog's gull (). Glucose, urea, uric acid, total protein, globulin, albumin, cholesterol, triglyceride, calcium, and phosphorus concentrations were determined, as was the activity of the following enzymes: alkaline phosphatase, creatine phosphokinase, aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminotransferase. Thirty nonbreeding gulls (juvenile and subadult individuals) were captured and studied in Mar Chiquita Reserve (Buenos Aires, Argentina) during the wintering periods 2016 ( = 17) and 2017 ( = 13). In general terms, most values for the parameters reported were in line with those previously described for other seabirds. The year had a significant effect on several of the biochemical parameters evaluated, and the sex had a significant effect on the alkaline phosphatase and calcium. This study has defined the serum biochemical reference signatures for free-ranging Olrog's gulls during the nonbreeding period, and contributes to the knowledge of the overall health status of this threatened and endemic species.
血清参数分析可提供有关个体/物种的身体状况、营养状态和健康状况的信息，在生态研究和兽医诊断中具有广泛应用。本研究确定了奥尔罗格海鸥血清化学指标的基线值。测定了葡萄糖、尿素、尿酸、总蛋白、球蛋白、白蛋白、胆固醇、甘油三酯、钙和磷的浓度，以及以下酶的活性：碱性磷酸酶、肌酸磷酸激酶、天冬氨酸氨基转移酶和丙氨酸氨基转移酶。在2016年（n = 17）和2017年（n = 13）越冬期间，在马尔奇基塔保护区（阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯）捕获并研究了30只非繁殖期海鸥（幼鸟和亚成鸟个体）。总体而言，报告的大多数参数值与先前描述的其他海鸟的参数值一致。年份对评估的几个生化参数有显著影响，性别对碱性磷酸酶和钙有显著影响。本研究确定了非繁殖期自由活动的奥尔罗格海鸥的血清生化参考特征，并有助于了解这一受威胁的特有物种的整体健康状况。
