HAEMATOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN TWENTY CAPTIVE MALE SAMBAR DEER (Rusa unicolor)
oleh: Joju Johns, George Chandy, Jacob Alexander, S. Sooryadas, K.D. John Martin, M. Shynu, S. Ajithkumar
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| Diterbitkan: | Director of Academics and Research, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University 2018-01-01 |
Deskripsi
Haematological study was conducted in twenty apparently healthy adult male Sambar Deer maintained at Zoological Gardens, Thiruvananthapuram, which underwent vasectomy under general anaesthesia. Samples were analysed usingan automatic haematology analyser calibratedforcaprine blood. The haemoglobin concentration, volume of packed red cells and total erythrocyte count were 9.6±0.3 g/dL, 29.3±0.7 % and 5.8±0.2×106 /µL respectively. The total leucocyte count was 3.6±0.2×103/µL and granulocyte, lymphocyte and monocyte counts were 47±1 %, 47±1 % and 6±1 % respectively