Abstract
The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is a well-studied felid species, but astonishingly, there are no peer-reviewed published blood chemical and haematological values to date. Within this study, 38 blood samples of healthy lynx females were analysed. The results were within the published ranges of the three other lynx species and the domestic cat. An extensive tabular overview of blood values is provided.
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We would like to thank the zoological institutions that supported this study.
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The project was partly funded by the BMBF (033L046).
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Sampling was part of another study (Painer et al. 2014) not related to this study and approved for ethical and welfare issues by the ethical committee of the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW, Berlin, Germany, No. 2010-01-01).
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Goettling, J., Goeritz, F., Jewgenow, K. et al. Serum chemistry and haematology for female Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx). Eur J Wildl Res 62, 365–367 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-016-0990-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-016-0990-4