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Is blood collected from shot Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) useful for monitoring their physiological status?

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Blood samples were analysed from 175 shot Iberian ibexes, and good-quality samples were obtained in more than 56% of cases. Sixty-eight of these samples from healthy animals were then used to characterize standard values for the species. Values for 10 blood parameters [monocytes, cholesterol, creatinine, albumin, beta-globulin, gamma-globulin, albumin/globulin (A/G) ratio, calcium (Ca), phosphates and iron (Fe)] from shot ibexes did not differ from those obtained from healthy captured and physically restrained animals. Blood samples from mange-infested ibexes (n=31) were also analysed and showed higher values for eosinophils and gamma-globulin than samples from healthy animals, but lower values for cholesterol, direct bilirubin, albumin, alpha-2-globulins and chloride. Values from blood parameters can provide useful information about the health and nutritional status of animals, and blood values may thus provide a complementary source of information for animals shot in Andalusia that will prove to be useful for monitoring the physiological status of ibex populations. The protocol described here provides guidelines for quick sample collection after an animal’s death and standardized instructions for sample storage, transport and analysis.

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Acknowledgements

Authors wish to thank the staff of the Sierra Nevada Natural Park for their help in fieldwork, especially to M.C. Pérez, A. Rodríguez, J. García and J. Navarro. This work was supported by an agreement between the Ministry of the Environment of the Andalusian Government (Consejería de Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía) and the University of Jaén. The research plan ‘Plan Andaluz de Investigación’ (Junta de Andalucía; RNM-118) partially supports the authors’ activities. We also acknowledge the comments of two anonymous referees, which improved greatly our original manuscript. The authors declare that all the fieldwork, sampling and analyses carried out for this study comply with the current Spanish law.

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  1. Departamento de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Universidad de Jaén, Paraje Las Lagunillas, s.n., 23071, Jaén, Spain

    Jesús M. Pérez & Emmanuel Serrano

  2. Laboratorio Prolab, Carrera, 51, Martos, 23600, Jaén, Spain

    Francisco J. González

  3. Parque Nacional de Sierra Nevada, Carretera Antigua de Sierra Nevada, Km. 7, Pinos Genil, 18071, Granada, Spain

    José E. Granados

  4. Estación Biológica de Doñana (C.S.I.C.), Avenida María Luisa, s.n., Pabellón del Perú, 41013, Sevilla, Spain

    Paulino Fandos, Francisco Carro & Ramón C. Soriguer

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Pérez, J.M., González, F.J., Serrano, E. et al. Is blood collected from shot Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) useful for monitoring their physiological status?. Eur J Wildl Res 52, 125–131 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-005-0019-x

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