Worapol Aengwanich and Alongkoad Tanomtong

pp. 823 - 828

Abstract

Hematological and biochemical values are important for diagnosis of clinical signs, showing how
disease processes change. This is the first report to demonstrate hematological and serum biochemical values
of white ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus) in Thailand, which are rare species in tropical countries. The
study was carried out in ten healthy white ibises (male, n=5; female, n=5), at the age of 4 years from Khow
Khoew Open Zoo, Chon Buri province, Thailand. The results revealed the following information: total red
blood cell, hemoglobin concentration, packed cell volume, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular
hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, total white blood cell, percentage of lymphocyte,
percentage of heterophil, percentage of monocyte, percentage of eosinophil, percentage of basophil and
thrombocyte of white ibis were 2.78±0.70 × 10⁶ cells/µl, 18.75±1.32 g/dl, 46.00±3.59%, 173.51±38.52 fl, 70.73
±15.42 g/dl, 40.82±1.65 pg, 1.49± 0.66 × 10⁴ cells/µl, 89.70±6.40%, 8.50±6.34%, 0.50±0.97%, 0.90±1.29%,
0.30±0.95% and 16.2±0.49 × 10³ cells/µl, respectively. Serum biochemistry values i.e. serum glucose, serum
creatinine, serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, and serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase of white
ibis were 12.55±1.90 mmol/dl, 69.95±13.05 mmol/l, 204.82±56.76 IU/L and 30.43±8.66 IU/L, respectively.
Hematological and biochemical values between males and females white ibis were not significantly different
(P>0.05).

Keywords

• hematology
• serum biochemistry
• white ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)