title: Venous Blood Gas, Electrolyte, and Hematologic Analytes of the Mottled Duck, Anas fulvigula.
abstract: We collected venous blood samples from 83 apparently healthy Mottled Ducks ( Anas fulvigula ) July 2012-August 2013 on the Texas, US, Gulf Coast and measured blood gas, electrolyte, biochemical, and hematologic parameters. Age, sex, body condition score, capture year, capture type, and time of day had significant statistical, but not clinically relevant, effects on several analytes. Ducks caught by rocket net had findings consistent with greater stress compared with hand-caught ducks. These analyte data for healthy free-living Mottled Ducks may be useful in the assessment of Mottled Duck population health and in the management and treatment of individual ducks affected by environmental stressors.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, 4474 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
authors.forename: Cameron
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ratliff
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, 4474 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
authors.forename: Jordan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gentry
authors.affiliation: 2 Cameron Park Zoo, 1701 N 4th Street, Waco, Texas 76707, USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kusmierczyk
authors.affiliation: 3 Texas Parks & Wildlife Department-Wildlife Division, 915 Front Street, Richmond, Texas 77469, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Hartke
authors.affiliation: 4 Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA.
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Acierno
authors.affiliation: 5 Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, 4474 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77845, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey M B
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Musser
authors.affiliation: 5 Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, 4474 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77845, USA.
authors.forename: Karen E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, 4474 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
authors.forename: J Jill
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Heatley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis / Q000662:veterinary*; D004372:Ducks / Q000502:physiology*; D004573:Electrolytes; D013781:Texas
chemical_list: D004573:Electrolytes
keywords: Anseriformes; Key words:  Acid-base status; Texas Gulf Coast; avian; complete blood count; free-living; iSTAT 1; osmolality