Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST) (Nov 2004)
Hematological and serum biochemical values of white ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)
Abstract
Hematological and biochemical values are important for diagnosis of clinical signs, showing how disease processes change. This is the first report to demonstrate hematological and serum biochemical values of white ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus) in Thailand, which are rare species in tropical countries. The study was carried out in ten healthy white ibises (male, n=5; female, n=5), at the age of 4 years from Khow Khoew Open Zoo, Chon Buri province, Thailand. The results revealed the following information: total red blood cell, hemoglobin concentration, packed cell volume, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, total white blood cell, percentage of lymphocyte,percentage of heterophil, percentage of monocyte, percentage of eosinophil, percentage of basophil and thrombocyte of white ibis were 2.78±0.70 × 106 cells/µl, 18.75±1.32 g/dl, 46.00±3.59%, 173.51±38.52 fl, 70.73 ±15.42 g/dl, 40.82±1.65 pg, 1.49± 0.66 × 104 cells/µl, 89.70±6.40%, 8.50±6.34%, 0.50±0.97%, 0.90±1.29%, .30±0.95% and 16.2±0.49 × 103 cells/µl, respectively. Serum biochemistry values i.e. serum glucose, serum creatinine, serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, and serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase of white ibis were 12.55±1.90 mmol/dl, 69.95±13.05 mmol/l, 204.82±56.76 IU/L and 30.43±8.66 IU/L, respectively. Hematological and biochemical values between males and females white ibis were not significantly different (P>0.05).
