Blood cell characteristic, hematological and serum biochemistry values of Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
Worapol Aengwanich, Alongkoad Tanomtong, Rattapant Pattanarungson, and Suchint Simaraks
pp. 473 - 479
Blood cell characteristics, hematological and serum biochemistry values were examined in 10 maturehealthy Painted Storks (Mycteria leucocephala) (5 males and 5 females) from Khow Khoew Open Zoo, Chonburiprovince, Thailand. The morphology of erythrocytes, leukocytes and thrombocytes were similar to those ofother avian species, but oval shaped granules of heterophils were less stained by Giemsa-Wright solution.Erythrocytes, hemoglobin, packed cell volume, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin,mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, total white blood cells, percentage of leukocytes (lymphocyte,heterophil, monocyte, eosinophil, basophil), thrombocytes, serum glucose, serum creatinine, serum glutamicoxaloacetic transaminase and serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase values of Painted Storks were 3.24 ±0.82 106cells / µl, 0.82 106cells /µl, 17.67 ± 1.56 g/dl, 42.40 ± 3.57 %, 139.47 ± 38.70 fl, 58.56 ± 18.24 g/dl, 41.76 ± 2.90 pg, 3.88 ± 2.60 104cells /µl, 76.10 ± 10.28 %, 10.60 ± 9.49 %, 0.00 ± 0.00 %, 12.00 ± 8.54 %,1.00 ± 1.33 %, and 1.29 ± 0.42104 cells /µl, 270.50 ± 42.85 mg/dl, 6.19 ± 1.70 mg/dl, 249.47 ± 42.19 IU/Land 124.29 ± 8.81 IU/L, respectively. Total erythrocytes and mean corpuscular volume (MCV) differedsignificantly between male and female Painted Stork (P < 0.05).
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