Backues K A, Hoover J P, Bauer J E, Campbell G A, Barrie M T
Oklahoma City Zoo, Oklahoma 73111, USA.
J Zoo Wildl Med. 1997 Dec;28(4):476-80.
Hyperlipidemia was identified in an 11-yr-old male cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) and three related 3-yr-old male cheetah littermates. Hyperlipidemia in these four cheetahs was characterized by hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia. The mean percentages of chylomicron and beta-lipoproteins were greater (P < 0.05) and the mean percent of alpha-lipoproteins was lower (P < 0.05) than the respective means for a group of 20 nonhyperlipidemic and clinically normal cheetahs. The etiology of the hyperlipidemia in these four cheetahs was not determined. However, the older cheetah also had chronic renal insufficiency and a parathyroid adenoma, conditions that have been associated with hyperlipidemia.
在一只11岁的雄性猎豹（猎豹属）和三只3岁的雄性猎豹同窝幼崽中发现了高脂血症。这四只猎豹的高脂血症表现为高甘油三酯血症和高胆固醇血症。与一组20只非高脂血症且临床正常的猎豹相比，这四只猎豹的乳糜微粒和β脂蛋白的平均百分比更高（P < 0.05），而α脂蛋白的平均百分比更低（P < 0.05）。这四只猎豹高脂血症的病因尚未确定。然而，那只年龄较大的猎豹还患有慢性肾功能不全和甲状旁腺腺瘤，这些病症与高脂血症有关。
