Serum amylase in the african elephant, (Loxodonta africana)

Skinner, R.K.; Brown, Ian R.; White, P.T.

doi:10.1016/0305-0491(76)90304-7

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“…The present authors took the opportunity to make a wide ranging study of the blood of these elephants. Details of serum chemistry have already been published (Skinner, Brown & White, 1976;, 1977Brown, White & Malpas, in press) and this paper concerns itself with haematology.…”

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Haematological studies on wild African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

White

Brown

1978

Journal of Zoology

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Various haematological parameters have been measured in a sample of wild African elephants from two game parks in Uganda. The results are compared with those of other authors for the African and Indian elephant and other mammals. No intersex differences were found to occur but calves (1–5 years) differed from the population as a whole in several respects. Some values varied with season and this may be attributed to the effect of dehydration during the dry season. A number of elephants from one of the parks had abnormally high red cell numbers and the possibility is considered that this may reflect an incidence of habitat induced cardiovascular disease.

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