Hematological and plasma chemistry values for the African rock python (Python sebae)
Hematology and plasma biochemistry parameters are useful in the assessment and management of threatened and endangered species. Although reference values are readily available for many mammalian species, reference values for snakes are lacking for most species. We determined hematology and plasma bi...
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| author | Henry O. Jegede Temidayo O. Omobowale Babatunde S. Okediran Afolabi A. Adegboye |
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| description | Hematology and plasma biochemistry parameters are useful in the assessment and management of threatened and endangered species. Although reference values are readily available for many mammalian species, reference values for snakes are lacking for most species. We determined hematology and plasma biochemistry values for captive African rock pythons (Python sebae) and studied the effects of age, sex, season and hemoparasites on these values. Blood (5 mL) was collected by venipuncture of ventral coccygeal vein from 19 African rock pythons in rainy season and 14 snakes from the same population in dry season. There was no significant statistical difference (P < .05) between males and females to any of the parameters measured except total calcium in the rainy season. Significantly higher values were obtained (P < .05) for the white blood cells (WBC), heterophils, lymphocytes, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) in the dry versus the rainy seasons while there were significantly lower values obtained for red blood cells (RBC), glucose and total protein. Statistically significant differences in lymphocyte and monocyte counts were however found between adult and juvenile snakes. Differences in parameters for hepatozoon positive and hepatozoon negative snakes were not statistically significant although parameters like the total WBC count, heterophils and lymphocytes were markedly higher for hepatozoon positive snakes while packed cell volume (PCV) was slightly lower. This is the first study on blood parameters of the African rock python and serves as first pilot values for clinical assessments and future studies of this species. Keywords: African rock python, Biochemistry, Hematology, Hepatozoon, Season |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c238a6afeb784aeb91cedd6c219ea2e12022-12-22T03:16:14ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Veterinary Science and Medicine2314-45992017-12-0152181186Hematological and plasma chemistry values for the African rock python (Python sebae)Henry O. Jegede0Temidayo O. Omobowale1Babatunde S. Okediran2Afolabi A. Adegboye3Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Ilorin, Nigeria; Corresponding author.Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, NigeriaDepartment of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Ilorin, NigeriaDepartment of Veterinary Pathology, University of Ilorin, NigeriaHematology and plasma biochemistry parameters are useful in the assessment and management of threatened and endangered species. Although reference values are readily available for many mammalian species, reference values for snakes are lacking for most species. We determined hematology and plasma biochemistry values for captive African rock pythons (Python sebae) and studied the effects of age, sex, season and hemoparasites on these values. Blood (5 mL) was collected by venipuncture of ventral coccygeal vein from 19 African rock pythons in rainy season and 14 snakes from the same population in dry season. There was no significant statistical difference (P < .05) between males and females to any of the parameters measured except total calcium in the rainy season. Significantly higher values were obtained (P < .05) for the white blood cells (WBC), heterophils, lymphocytes, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) in the dry versus the rainy seasons while there were significantly lower values obtained for red blood cells (RBC), glucose and total protein. Statistically significant differences in lymphocyte and monocyte counts were however found between adult and juvenile snakes. Differences in parameters for hepatozoon positive and hepatozoon negative snakes were not statistically significant although parameters like the total WBC count, heterophils and lymphocytes were markedly higher for hepatozoon positive snakes while packed cell volume (PCV) was slightly lower. This is the first study on blood parameters of the African rock python and serves as first pilot values for clinical assessments and future studies of this species. Keywords: African rock python, Biochemistry, Hematology, Hepatozoon, Seasonhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2314459917300960 |
| spellingShingle | Henry O. Jegede Temidayo O. Omobowale Babatunde S. Okediran Afolabi A. Adegboye Hematological and plasma chemistry values for the African rock python (Python sebae) International Journal of Veterinary Science and Medicine |
| title | Hematological and plasma chemistry values for the African rock python (Python sebae) |
| title_full | Hematological and plasma chemistry values for the African rock python (Python sebae) |
| title_fullStr | Hematological and plasma chemistry values for the African rock python (Python sebae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hematological and plasma chemistry values for the African rock python (Python sebae) |
| title_short | Hematological and plasma chemistry values for the African rock python (Python sebae) |
| title_sort | hematological and plasma chemistry values for the african rock python python sebae |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2314459917300960 |
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