Baseline haematology, biochemistry, blood gas values and health status of the Galapagos swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus)

Carlos A Valle; Catalina Ulloa; Cristina Regalado; Juan-Pablo Muñoz-Pérez; Juan Garcia; Britta Denise Hardesty; Alice Skehel; Diane Deresienski; Ronald K Passingham; Gregory A Lewbart

doi:10.1093/conphys/coaa064

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Baseline haematology, biochemistry, blood gas values and health status of the Galapagos swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus)

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Baseline haematology, biochemistry, blood gas values and health status of the Galapagos swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus)

Carlos A Valle, Catalina Ulloa, Cristina Regalado, Juan-Pablo Muñoz-Pérez, Juan Garcia, Britta Denise Hardesty, Alice Skehel, Diane Deresienski, Ronald K Passingham and Gregory A Lewbart

Conservation Physiology, Vol.8(1), pp.1-7

2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaa064

PMCID: PMC7428447

PMID: 34336215

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Abstract

Biochemistry

Creagrus furcatus

Galápagos Islands

swallow-tailed gull

health status

The swallow-tailed gull, Creagrus furcatus, is a seabird endemic to the Galápagos archipelago. In general health, blood chemistry and haematology, parameters have not been published for this species. Blood analyses were run on samples drawn from 58 clinically healthy swallow-tailed gulls captured at Islote Pitt on San Cristóbal Island in July 2016 (28) and South Plaza Island in June 2017 (30). A point of care blood analyzer (iSTAT) was used in the field to obtain results for HCO3−, pH, pCO2, pO2, TCO2, anion gap, chloride, creatinine, glucose, haematocrit, haemoglobin, ionized calcium, potassium, sodium and urea nitrogen. A portable Lactate Plus™ analyzer was used to measure lactate. The baseline data reported is valuable for comparisons amongst different populations in the archipelago and to detect changes in health status of Galápagos swallow-tailed gulls.

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Title: Baseline haematology, biochemistry, blood gas values and health status of the Galapagos swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus)
Authors: Carlos A Valle (Author) - Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Catalina Ulloa (Author) - Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Cristina Regalado (Author) - Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Juan-Pablo Muñoz-Pérez (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science and Engineering - Legacy
Juan Garcia (Author) - Applied Marine Research, Galápagos National Park
Britta Denise Hardesty (Author) - CSIRO Avian Research (Australia)
Alice Skehel (Author) - Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Diane Deresienski (Author) - North Carolina State University
Ronald K Passingham (Author) - North Carolina State University
Gregory A Lewbart (Corresponding Author) - Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Publication details: Conservation Physiology, Vol.8(1), pp.1-7
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date published: 2020
DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coaa064
ISSN: 2051-1434
PMID: 34336215; PMC7428447
Copyright note: (c) The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press and the Society for Experimental Biology. This article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model (https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model)
Organisation Unit: School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; External
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99482296302621
Output Type: Journal article

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