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1 April 2010 Blood Chemistry of Wild Brazilian Coscoroba Swans during Molt
Cecilia Pérez Calabuig, Miguel Ferrer, Roberto Muriel
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Abstract

The Coscoroba Swan (Coscoroba coscoroba) is an unusual member of the Anatidae found in South America, from the Falkland Islands and Tierra del Fuego through Chile and Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay as far north as Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil. The species is not threatened globally, but some local populations have declined and the status of others is unknown. The objective of this study was to quantify the plasma chemistry of a wild population of Coscoroba Swans in southern Brazil during their molting period. We captured 12 chicks, 14 juveniles, and 31 mature birds. The following blood parameters were measured: glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, uric acid, creatin-kinase, aspartate amino transferase, alanine-aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, amylase, and pancreatic amylase. Significant differences between males and females were not observed for any of the parameters, and only the levels of alkaline phosphatase differed significantly among age groups.

Cecilia Pérez Calabuig, Miguel Ferrer, and Roberto Muriel "Blood Chemistry of Wild Brazilian Coscoroba Swans during Molt," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46(2), 591-595, (1 April 2010). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-46.2.591
Received: 19 March 2009; Published: 1 April 2010
KEYWORDS
age-related differences
blood chemistry
Coscoroba Swan
free-living
molting period
sex-related differences
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