ABSTRACT
Blood was obtained from 10 clinically normal West Indian manatees. Many coagulation screening tests were performed on the blood as well as specific clotting factor assays. All clotting factors were present and their activities compared to those of the dog. The clotting factor activities of the intrinsic system of the manatee are much higher than those of the dog. Factor X activity is about the same as that of the dog. The clotting factor activities of the extrinsic system seems to be less than that of the the dog.
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Blood Coagulation , Mammals/blood , Animals , Blood Coagulation Factors/analysis , Blood Coagulation Tests/veterinary , Female , Fibrinogen/analysis , Male , Plasminogen/analysis , West IndiesABSTRACT
Blood from 10 clinically healthy West Indian manatees (8 wild, 2 captive) was analyzed for the common blood chemical substances. No sex differences were found. The results were comparable for the most part to those of the common domestic mammals. Notable exceptions were the anion gaps, and total proteins and A/G ratios which were higher than those for domestic species. Some of these differences were no doubt due to the stress of capture.
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Animal Population Groups/blood , Animals, Wild/blood , Mammals/blood , Acid-Base Equilibrium , Animals , Behavior, Animal , Blood Glucose/analysis , Blood Proteins/analysis , Blood Urea Nitrogen , Electrolytes/blood , Female , Iron/blood , Male , Osmolar ConcentrationABSTRACT
Hemograms on blood obtained from 10 clinically normal West Indian Manatees (Trichechus manatus) were studied. The red cells were large and in lower number than in most terrestrial species. The manatee does not have a neutrophil as is present in most species, but it has a heterophil whose granules stain pink with the Wright-Giemsa stain. The eosinophil has uniform red-staining granules that make its differentiation from heterophils difficult. Both large and small lymphocytes, monocytes and basophils are present. The total number of white blood cells was comparable to that of common domestic species as were the platelet numbers. No reticulocytes were found.
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Bacterial Infections/veterinary , Caniformia , Cetacea , Mycoses/veterinary , Actinomycetales Infections/veterinary , Animals , Blastomycosis/veterinary , Candidiasis/veterinary , Clostridium Infections/veterinary , Dolphins , Erysipelothrix Infections/diagnosis , Histoplasmosis/veterinary , Leptospirosis/veterinary , Pseudomonas Infections/veterinary , Seals, Earless , Sporotrichosis/veterinaryABSTRACT
Post-mortem examination of a stranded Atlantic white-sided dolphin (lagenorynchus acutus) revealed congested lungs, sanguinous fluid in the peritoneal cavity, and an oral wound. Histopathologic findings were acute necrotizing hepatitis and acute focal bronchopneumonia. Vibrio alginolyticus was isolated from the blood and other organs.
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Bronchopneumonia/veterinary , Dolphins , Hepatitis, Animal , Vibrio Infections/veterinary , Animals , Bronchopneumonia/pathology , Hepatitis/pathology , Liver/pathology , Lung/pathology , Male , Spleen/pathology , Vibrio Infections/pathologyABSTRACT
Bisalbuminemia was found in a female bottlenosed dolphin (Turiops truncatus) on routine examination. There is no association with disease.
