Biochemical Blood Serum Values of Healthy Antelopes Kept in the East-Bohemian Zoological Garden at Dvůr Králové nad Labem. - I. The Tragelaphinae, the Hippotraginae and the Aepycerotinae

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Vahala, J., J. P o s p i s i l , P. Spala and F. K a s e: Biochemical Blood Serum Values of Healthy Antelopes Kept in the East-Bohemian Zoological Garden at DvUr Kralove nad Labem-I. The Tragelaphinae, the Hippotraginae and the Aepycerotinae. Acta vet. Brno, 58, 1989: 17-29 • Blood sera of clinically healthy male and female antelopes of 11 species of the subfamilies TragelaphitJae, Hippotraginae and Aepycerotinae, over 1 year of age, kept in the East-Bohemian Zoological Garden at DvUr Kralove nad Labem were examined for the following biochemical parameters: total and bound bilirubin, total protein, glucose, creatinine, urea, total lipids, tri-glycerides, cholesterol, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, chlorides, sodium, potassium, copper ,zinc, iron and alkaline phosphatase, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and lactate dehydrogenase activity. Antelopes, health, blood serum, biochemistry Haematological values found by us in the peripheral blood of clinically healt.'ly antelopes kept in the East-Bohemian Zoological Garden at DvUr Kra-love nad Labem were reported previously (P 0 S pis i I et al. 19844, b, c, d). The present study reports the results of biochemical examination of the blood sera of antelopes of the following subfamilies: the Tragelaphinae including the bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus), the greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), the small kudu (Tragelap-hus imberbis), the bongo (Boocerus euryceros) and the cape eland (Taurotragus ~); the Hippotraginae including the roan antelope (Hippotragus eguinus), the sable antelope (Hippotragus niger), adax antelope (~ nasomaculatus), the gemsbok oryx (Qrv! gazella gazella) and the scimitar horned oryx (Qrv! ~); the Aepycerotinae including the South-African ~ala (Aepyceros melampus melampus).