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Health Status of Great Frigatebirds (Fregata minor) Determined by Haematology, Biochemistry, Blood Gases, and Physical Examination

The great frigatebird, Fregata minor, is a widely distributed seabird native to the Galápagos archipelago. Haematology and blood chemistry parameters have been published for this species but not from the San Cristóbal and North Seymour great frigatebird breeding colonies. Analyses were run on blood...

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Autores principales: Valle, Carlos A, Ulloa, Catalina, Deresienski, Diane, Regalado, Cristina, Muñoz-Pérez, Juan-Pablo, Garcia, Juan, Hardesty, Britta Denise, Skehel, Alice, Lewbart, Gregory A
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6044400/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30026947
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coy034
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author Valle, Carlos A
Ulloa, Catalina
Deresienski, Diane
Regalado, Cristina
Muñoz-Pérez, Juan-Pablo
Garcia, Juan
Hardesty, Britta Denise
Skehel, Alice
Lewbart, Gregory A
author_facet Valle, Carlos A
Ulloa, Catalina
Deresienski, Diane
Regalado, Cristina
Muñoz-Pérez, Juan-Pablo
Garcia, Juan
Hardesty, Britta Denise
Skehel, Alice
Lewbart, Gregory A
author_sort Valle, Carlos A
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description The great frigatebird, Fregata minor, is a widely distributed seabird native to the Galápagos archipelago. Haematology and blood chemistry parameters have been published for this species but not from the San Cristóbal and North Seymour great frigatebird breeding colonies. Analyses were run on blood samples drawn from 25 great frigatebirds captured by hand at their nests at Punta Pitt on San Cristóbal Island and 30 birds on North Seymour Island, Galápagos Islands. A portable blood analyser (iSTAT) was used to obtain near immediate field results for pH, pO(2), pCO(2), TCO(2), HCO(3(−)), haematocrit (Hct), haemoglobin (Hb), sodium (Na), potassium (K), chloride (Cl), ionized calcium (iCa), creatinine, urea nitrogen, anion gap and glucose. Blood lactate was measured using a portable Lactate Plus™ analyser. Average heart rate, respiratory rate, body weight, body temperature, biochemistry and haematology parameters were comparable to healthy individuals of other Fregatidae. The reported results provide baseline data that can be used for comparisons among populations and in detecting changes in health status among Galápagos great frigatebirds.
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spelling pubmed-60444002018-07-19 Health Status of Great Frigatebirds (Fregata minor) Determined by Haematology, Biochemistry, Blood Gases, and Physical Examination Valle, Carlos A Ulloa, Catalina Deresienski, Diane Regalado, Cristina Muñoz-Pérez, Juan-Pablo Garcia, Juan Hardesty, Britta Denise Skehel, Alice Lewbart, Gregory A Conserv Physiol Research Article The great frigatebird, Fregata minor, is a widely distributed seabird native to the Galápagos archipelago. Haematology and blood chemistry parameters have been published for this species but not from the San Cristóbal and North Seymour great frigatebird breeding colonies. Analyses were run on blood samples drawn from 25 great frigatebirds captured by hand at their nests at Punta Pitt on San Cristóbal Island and 30 birds on North Seymour Island, Galápagos Islands. A portable blood analyser (iSTAT) was used to obtain near immediate field results for pH, pO(2), pCO(2), TCO(2), HCO(3(−)), haematocrit (Hct), haemoglobin (Hb), sodium (Na), potassium (K), chloride (Cl), ionized calcium (iCa), creatinine, urea nitrogen, anion gap and glucose. Blood lactate was measured using a portable Lactate Plus™ analyser. Average heart rate, respiratory rate, body weight, body temperature, biochemistry and haematology parameters were comparable to healthy individuals of other Fregatidae. The reported results provide baseline data that can be used for comparisons among populations and in detecting changes in health status among Galápagos great frigatebirds. Oxford University Press 2018-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6044400/ /pubmed/30026947 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coy034 Text en © The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press and the Society for Experimental Biology. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Valle, Carlos A
Ulloa, Catalina
Deresienski, Diane
Regalado, Cristina
Muñoz-Pérez, Juan-Pablo
Garcia, Juan
Hardesty, Britta Denise
Skehel, Alice
Lewbart, Gregory A
Health Status of Great Frigatebirds (Fregata minor) Determined by Haematology, Biochemistry, Blood Gases, and Physical Examination
title Health Status of Great Frigatebirds (Fregata minor) Determined by Haematology, Biochemistry, Blood Gases, and Physical Examination
title_full Health Status of Great Frigatebirds (Fregata minor) Determined by Haematology, Biochemistry, Blood Gases, and Physical Examination
title_fullStr Health Status of Great Frigatebirds (Fregata minor) Determined by Haematology, Biochemistry, Blood Gases, and Physical Examination
title_full_unstemmed Health Status of Great Frigatebirds (Fregata minor) Determined by Haematology, Biochemistry, Blood Gases, and Physical Examination
title_short Health Status of Great Frigatebirds (Fregata minor) Determined by Haematology, Biochemistry, Blood Gases, and Physical Examination
title_sort health status of great frigatebirds (fregata minor) determined by haematology, biochemistry, blood gases, and physical examination
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6044400/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30026947
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coy034
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