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Haematological and biochemical reference values for the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Author(s) -
CANFIELD PM.,
O'NEILL ME.,
SMITH EF.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1989.tb09717.x
Subject(s) - phascolarctos cinereus , alkaline phosphatase , biology , reference values , globulin , enzyme , physiology , immunology , medicine , biochemistry , population , environmental health
Haematological and biochemical reference values were established from 45 clinically healthy koalas. Statistical analysis revealed no significant differences for sex and season of sampling. Immature koalas had significantly higher alkaline phosphatase and inorganic phosphate values, and significantly lower total protein concentrations due to low globulins values. Enzyme reference values tended to be wide and could limit their usefulness in detecting disease. In the reference values for leukocytes, neutrophils and lymphocytes, the inclusion of low values which were not actually seen may interfere with the detection of reduced levels due to disease.