Blood Reference Intervals for Antillean Manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) from Puerto Rico.

ABSTRACT: Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) are endangered throughout the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean coast of Central and South America, the Greater Antilles, and the northeastern coast of South America to Brazil. Establishing blood reference intervals is essential as a tool in classifying health status, diagnosing, establishing treatment regimens, and monitoring the progress of a disease in rescued manatees. We collected blood samples from 44 free-ranging and 26 rescued manatees from Puerto Rico between 1992 and 2020 for hematology and blood chemistry analysis. We obtained values for white blood cell count and red blood cell count, hemoglobin, hematocrit, platelet, mean cell volume, mean cell hemoglobin, mean cell hemoglobin concentration, and red cell distribut

SUBMITTER: Mignucci-Giannoni AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9596263 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature