title: Fructosamine: An Alternative to Serum Glucose Measurement in White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus).
abstract: We determined the relationship between fructosamine and serum glucose in free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) harvested during two seasonally stressful periods for deer in coastal North Carolina, US: July 2008 represented the postparturition and lactation period, and March 2009 represented the late winter and pre-green-up period. Serum glucose and fructosamine concentrations were similar between time periods but were uncorrelated within each season. However, when serum glucose was separated into high and low categories based on the median blood glucose score within each time period, we detected statistically significant differences between July and March for serum glucose. Fructosamine was more stable than serum glucose for evaluating the white-tailed deer physiologic condition.
authors.affiliation: 1  Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Program, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University, 110 Brooks Avenue, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA.|2  Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: DePerno
authors.affiliation: 1  Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Program, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University, 110 Brooks Avenue, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA.
authors.forename: M Colter
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Chitwood
authors.affiliation: 2  Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA.
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kennedy-Stoskopf
authors.affiliation: 3  Department of Natural Resource Management, South Dakota State University, Box 2140B, Brookings, South Dakota 57007, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Jenks
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose; D003670:Deer / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D019270:Fructosamine / Q000097:blood*; D009657:North Carolina; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D019270:Fructosamine
keywords: Blood; Odocoileus virginianus; fructosamine; nutritional condition; serum glucose; white-tailed deer