title: Serum chemistry of the collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu).
abstract: Values of serum biochemistry were obtained for 33 adult (16 male and 17 female) and six juvenile (four male and two female) collared peccaries collected by trapping and drugging animals from southern Texas during the period July through September 1982. Only cholesterol and aspartate aminotransferase concentrations differed significantly with respect to sex. Juvenile peccaries had significantly lower concentrations of total protein and globulins, but had higher concentrations of glucose, triglycerides, alkaline phosphatase, alanine aminotransferase, and calcium, and a higher albumin/globulin ratio than did adults. Effects of method of capture on biochemical attributes of serum from five gunshot and nine trapped adult peccaries collected from a single herd during March 1983 also were examined. Trapped peccaries had significantly higher levels of serum urea nitrogen, urea nitrogen/creatinine ratio, glucose, and chloride concentrations. Levels of uric acid, calcium, and potassium were significantly lower among the trapped animals.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000097:blood; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000097:blood; D001188:Artiodactyla / Q000097:blood*; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D007103:Immobilization; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000662:veterinary; D013552:Swine / Q000097:blood; D013781:Texas
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D004573:Electrolytes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase