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1 July 1988 INDICES FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL CONDITION IN PREGNANT COLLARED PECCARIES (TAYASSU TAJACU)
Robert L. Lochmiller, Eric C. Hellgren, Larry W. Varnery, William E. Grant
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Abstract

Hematological and serum biochemical responses to two levels of dietary energy (high energy [HE], 3300 kcal digestible energy [DE]/kg; moderate energy [ME], 2300 kcal DE/kg) and protein (high protein [HP], 16.0% crude protein; moderate protein [MP], 8.4% crude protein) during gestation in 15 collared peccaries (Tayassu tajacu) were examined. Dietary energy and protein levels influenced body weight gain during gestation. Red blood cell counts and lymphocyte concentrations were higher and neutrophil concentrations were lower among females fed an HP diet compared to those fed an MP diet. Alkaline phosphatase and alpha-2 globulin concentrations were higher among females fed an MP diet. Aspartate aminotransferase and cholesterol concentrations were higher and calcium and thyroxine concentrations were lower among females fed ME diets compared to those fed HE diets. These results suggest that physiological indices used in combination with morphological measurements can be useful in assessing collared peccary nutritional health during gestation.

Lochmiller, Hellgren, Varnery, and Grant: INDICES FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL CONDITION IN PREGNANT COLLARED PECCARIES (TAYASSU TAJACU)
Robert L. Lochmiller, Eric C. Hellgren, Larry W. Varnery, and William E. Grant "INDICES FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL CONDITION IN PREGNANT COLLARED PECCARIES (TAYASSU TAJACU)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 24(3), 496-506, (1 July 1988). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-24.3.496
Received: 24 November 1987; Published: 1 July 1988
KEYWORDS
collared peccary
experimental study
gestation
hematology
nutrition
physiological condition
physiology
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