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9 March 2017 Hematology and Serum Biochemistry Reference Intervals for Six-Week-Old, Farm-Reared Chinese Ring-Necked Pheasants ( Phasianus colchicus) from Minnesota
R. S. Dzikamunhenga, R. W. Griffith, S. Hostetter, P. Fisher, W. Larson
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Abstract

Chinese ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) are commonly farmed in intensive operations for purposes such as meat production, hunting preserves, or research. Under these conditions, pheasants frequently suffer medical ailments such as bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections or nutritional or metabolic disorders. Relatively little scientific information exists regarding clinical pathology reference intervals (RIs) for farm-reared pheasants. The objective of this study was to determine RIs for hematologic and serum biochemical variables for Chinese ring-necked pheasants from Minnesota at 6 wk of age. Blood samples from 119 clinically healthy Chinese ring-necked pheasants were analyzed using standard techniques. Reference intervals were generated in Microsoft® Excel® 2013 (Microsoft, Redmond, WA) using Reference Value Advisor freeware version 2.1 (Microsoft). Ninety-five percent RIs were determined using nonparametric methods that followed Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines. These RIs will be useful for the monitoring of health and diagnosis of disease in confined Chinese ring-necked pheasant populations that are approximately 6 wk old.

R. S. Dzikamunhenga, R. W. Griffith, S. Hostetter, P. Fisher, and W. Larson "Hematology and Serum Biochemistry Reference Intervals for Six-Week-Old, Farm-Reared Chinese Ring-Necked Pheasants ( Phasianus colchicus) from Minnesota," Avian Diseases 61(2), 211-213, (9 March 2017). https://doi.org/10.1637/11588-011017-Reg.1
Received: 19 January 2017; Accepted: 1 February 2017; Published: 9 March 2017
KEYWORDS
Avian
biochemistry
hematology
reference intervals
ring-necked pheasants
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