Hematology and Serum Chemistry of Free-Ranging Jaguars (Panthera onca) from a Floodplain Forest Site in Amazonia, Brazil

Louise Maranhão; Emiliano Esterci Ramalho; Rejane Dos Santos Sousa; Guilherme Costa Alvarenga; José Soares Ferreira Neto

doi:10.7589/JWD-D-21-00012

Hematology and Serum Chemistry of Free-Ranging Jaguars (Panthera onca) from a Floodplain Forest Site in Amazonia, Brazil

J Wildl Dis. 2022 Apr 1;58(2):425-430. doi: 10.7589/JWD-D-21-00012.

Authors

Louise Maranhão^{1

2}, Emiliano Esterci Ramalho^{1

3}, Rejane Dos Santos Sousa⁴, Guilherme Costa Alvarenga¹, José Soares Ferreira Neto²

Affiliations

¹ Mamirauá Sustainable Development Institute, Estrada do Bexiga, 2584, Bairro Fonte Boa, Tefé/AM, Brazil, CEP 69553-225.
² Department of Preventive Medicine and Animal Health, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques, 87, Paiva, CEP 05508-000, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Institute for the Conservation of Neotropical Carnivores, Pró-Carnívoros, Av. Horácio Neto, 1030, Parque Edmundo Zanoni, CEP 12945-010, Atibaia/ SP, Brazil.
⁴ Federal University of the South and Southeast of Pará, Institute of Studies of the Humid Tropic, Rua Alberto Santos Dumont, s/n, Selectas, CEP 68557-335 Xinguara/PA, Brazil.

PMID: 35100426
DOI: 10.7589/JWD-D-21-00012

Abstract

We provide hematologic and biochemical information for 13 jaguars (Panthera onca) from the Amazon. Most showed increased lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminotransferase; all individuals showed lower mean red blood cell (RBC) counts compared to findings from other biomes. Males had a significantly higher RBC count and alkaline phosphatase than did females.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Brazil
Female
Forests
Hematologic Tests / veterinary
Hematology*
Male
Panthera*