Haematological characteristics of captive Parma wallabies (Macropus parma) |
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| Authors: | Clark P. Holz P. Booth R. Jakob-Hoff R. Cooper D.W. Boardman W.S. Parry B.W. Norman R.J. |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, NZ;(2) Healesville Sanctuary, Healesville, Victoria, Australia, AU;(3) Auckland Zoo, Western Springs, Auckland, New Zealand, NZ;(4) School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, AU;(5) School of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, 250 Prince's Hwy, Werribee, Victoria, Australia, AU;(6) School of Clinical Sciences, Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, South St, Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150 e-mail: pclark@murdoch.edu.au, AU |
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Blood was collected from 31 Parma wallabies from five different captive populations. The morphology of erythrocytes, leucocytes and platelets was similar to that previously described for macropodids. The effects of location (population), anaesthesia and analyser on the haematological characteristics of the wallabies were considered. Location had an affect on many of the values, anaesthesia affected some of the leucocyte values, and analyser had little effect. Received: 22 November 2002 / Accepted 13 February 2003 Acknowledgements We thank Mrs R. Power, Ms S. Bayliss, Ms T. Smith and Mrs P. Slack for technical assistance, Mr D. Hopcroft for assistance with electron microscopy and Mr D. Hedderly for performing the statistical analyses. |
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| Keywords: | Blood Erythrocyte Leucocyte Macropus Parma wallaby Ultrastructure |
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