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1 December 2008 Comparison of Biomedical Evaluation for White-Fronted Brown Lemurs (Eulemur fulvus albifrons) from Four Sites in Madagascar
Randall E. Junge, Christopher J. Dutton, Felicia Knightly, Cathy V. Williams, Fidisoa T. Rasambainarivo, Edward E. Louis
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Abstract

Health and nutritional assessments of wildlife are important management tools and can provide a means to evaluate ecosystem health. Such examinations were performed on 37 white-fronted brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus albifrons) from four sites in Madagascar. Comparison of health parameters between sites revealed statistically significant differences in body weight, body temperature, respiratory rate, hematology parameters (white cell count, hematocrit, segmented neutrophil count, and lymphocyte count), serum chemistry parameters (aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, serum alkaline phosphatase, total protein, albumin, phosphorus, calcium, sodium, chloride, and creatinine phosphokinase), and nutrition parameters (copper, zinc, ferritin, retinol, tocopherol, and 25-hydroxycholecalciferol). Two of 10 lemurs tested were positive for toxoplasmosis; none of 10 were positive for Cryptosporidium or Giardia. Enteric bacteria and endo- and ectoparasites were typical. Statistically different values in hematology and chemistry values probably do not reflect clinically significant differences, whereas nutrition parameter differences are likely related to season, soil, and forage availability.

Randall E. Junge, Christopher J. Dutton, Felicia Knightly, Cathy V. Williams, Fidisoa T. Rasambainarivo, and Edward E. Louis "Comparison of Biomedical Evaluation for White-Fronted Brown Lemurs (Eulemur fulvus albifrons) from Four Sites in Madagascar," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 39(4), 567-575, (1 December 2008). https://doi.org/10.1638/2007-0137.1
Received: 9 October 2007; Published: 1 December 2008
KEYWORDS
conservation medicine
disease ecology
health
lemur
Madagascar
nutrition
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