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19 April 2018 Blood Chemistry Reference Values for Free-Ranging Asiatic Black Bears (Ursus thibetanus) by Season, Age, and Sex
Jeong-Jin Yang, Dong-Hyuk Jeong, Yoon-Kyu Lim
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Abstract

Physiological characteristics, such as blood chemistry values, are valuable for evaluating the health of the animals. To our knowledge, these values have never been reported for the free-ranging Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus; ABB). Thus, 28 blood chemistry values from 50 free-ranging ABBs captured in Jirisan National Park, Republic of Korea, from 2005 to 2016 were evaluated. The aim of this study was to establish blood chemistry reference values for the free-ranging ABBs during both the hibernating and nonhibernating seasons. During hibernation, mean values of creatinine (CRE), total cholesterol, total protein (TP), albumin (ALB), triglycerides, and magnesium were significantly higher than those during nonhibernation; however, mean values of blood urea nitrogen, urea nitrogen to creatinine (U/C) ratio, inorganic phosphorous (IP), aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, gamma-glutamyl transferase, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) were significantly lower. Age differences (young vs. adult) were found in IP, LDH, TP, and ALB values during hibernation and in the U/C ratio, calcium, IP, ALP, creatine kinase myocardial band, CRE, total bilirubin, and uric acid values during nonhibernation. However, there were no sex differences (male vs. female).

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Jeong-Jin Yang, Dong-Hyuk Jeong, and Yoon-Kyu Lim "Blood Chemistry Reference Values for Free-Ranging Asiatic Black Bears (Ursus thibetanus) by Season, Age, and Sex," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 54(3), 575-580, (19 April 2018). https://doi.org/10.7589/2017-08-201
Received: 20 August 2017; Accepted: 21 January 2018; Published: 19 April 2018
KEYWORDS
Asiatic black bear
blood chemistry
health assessment
hibernation
reference values
Ursus thibetanus
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