Hematological and Serum Chemistry Values for Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx) Author(s): Marc Vassart and Amaud Greth, Source: Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 27(3):506-508. Published By: Wildlife Disease Association DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-27.3.506 URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.7589/0090-3558-27.3.506
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Journal
of Wildlife
Diseases,
27(3),
© Wildlife
Hematological
and Serum
Arabian Oryx (Oryx Marc Vassart and
and Amaud
Values
Greth,
National Wildlife Research Saudi Arabia
Taif,
ABSTRACT: Blood samples captive Arabian oryx (Oryx alyzed for hematology and ues. Compared with other RBC, WBC, bibirubin and er, but glucose, urea and
obtained
from
73
chemistry,
onyx, hematology, Oryx leucoryx.
Hippotraginae,
The thought
Arabian to have
during dation covered Arabian
onyx (Oryx disappeared
bio-
Price, created extinction,
United
1989). in
States
igins.
That
from was
the
projects released
in Arabian in the wild
in Oman
in 1982.
important
project
this species life Research
“World
of various point
Saudi
is
of captive
Taif,
wild
of Bush
begun breeding
by
elucidating of this of its NWRC
rainfall
of
perate
an
mum
of
summer:
mean
with
an-
receive
1 March Jordanian
1990, 17 onyx origins were
leased
the
Mahazat
As
Said
fresh pellets
soya
The NWRC
Reserve
cattle-cake are
called
(21#{176}59’to 22#{176}31’N, 40#{176}27’to 42#{176}12’E).
are
kept
A very serious outbreak of tuberculosis in the NWRC herd in 1986 led to a dra-
to
the
calves,
called
matic
moved
at
eradication
campaign
rological tests performed most of the animals. This blood
for
few
clinical
se-
hand-reared ination.
twice a year on opportunity was hematobogical
biochemical analyses. As with other wild animals, manifests
with
signs
Arabian
of disease.
past
and
easy only
birth
“B from
to manipulate tranquilized
for
8 C and
=
35
C,
are
mean kept
ad
libitum,
meat
flavor
“A
in
73 onyx were
the
generation”
and
of 300
m2 due
outbreak.
The
dams
are and
reare
any risk of contamthey are tame and and most of them blood sampling.
22 April 1990 and 20 May
Between
This
60 g corn 2%).
arrived
generation,” their
in
ha. They and 65%,
pens
to avoid Consequently
onyx
506
the
temmaxi-
adult), barley
tuberculosis the
and
alfalfa
which
in treatment
1,500
to 25
15%,
first onyx
of
mean
NWRC m2
dry
arid
water,
=
alfalfa (1 kg per daily (composition:
18%,
of re-
and
water
advery
of Acacia an annual
minimum
300
from
Arabian
altitude
maximum
Saudi
Arabia
the
habitat It has of
enclosures
M.
in understand-
(winter:
22 C, mean
=
for
C.
establish-
to the habitat.
mm
Non-
physiological
an
temperatures
of
given
and
for
type shawii.
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