The Effect of Venipuncture Site on Hematology of Bats: Implications for Comparative Analyses.

ABSTRACT: Wildlife health comparisons within and across populations and species are essential for population assessment and surveillance of emerging infectious diseases. Due to low costs and high informational yield, hematology is commonly used in the fields of ecoimmunology and disease ecology, yet consistency and proper reporting of methods within these fields are lacking. Previous investigations on various wildlife taxa have revealed noteworthy impacts of the vein used for blood collection on hematology measures. However, the impacts of venipuncture site on bats, a taxon of increasing interest in ecoimmunology and disease ecology, have not yet been tested. Here, we use a long-term study system in western Oklahoma to test the effect of venipuncture site on hematology parameters of the Mexican free

SUBMITTER: Roistacher A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12690471 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature