title: Hyperlipidemia in four related male cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus).
abstract: Hyperlipidemia was identified in an 11-yr-old male cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) and three related 3-yr-old male cheetah littermates. Hyperlipidemia in these four cheetahs was characterized by hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia. The mean percentages of chylomicron and beta-lipoproteins were greater (P < 0.05) and the mean percent of alpha-lipoproteins was lower (P < 0.05) than the respective means for a group of 20 nonhyperlipidemic and clinically normal cheetahs. The etiology of the hyperlipidemia in these four cheetahs was not determined. However, the older cheetah also had chronic renal insufficiency and a parathyroid adenoma, conditions that have been associated with hyperlipidemia.
authors.affiliation: Oklahoma City Zoo, Oklahoma 73111, USA.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Backues
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hoover
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Barrie
mesh_terms: D002612:Acinonyx; D000818:Animals; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D002914:Chylomicrons / Q000097:blood; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics / Q000662:veterinary*; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D002914:Chylomicrons; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol