Reference Intervals for Serum Biochemistries of Molting Pacific Black Brant ( Branta bernicla nigricans) in Northern Alaska, USA

J Wildl Dis. 2017 Apr;53(2):417-419. doi: 10.7589/2016-08-193. Epub 2017 Jan 17.

Abstract

We determined reference intervals for nine serum biochemistries in samples from 329 molting, after-hatch-year, Pacific Black Brant ( Branta bernicla nigricans) in Alaska, US. Cholesterol and nonesterified fatty acids differed by sex, but no other differences were noted.

MeSH terms

  • Alaska
  • Animals
  • Anseriformes
  • Ecosystem
  • Geese*
  • Molting*