Distinguishing disease effects from environmental effects in a mountain ungulate : seasonal variation in body weight, hematology, and serum chemistry among iberian ibex (capra pyrenaica) affected by sarcoptic mange
Pérez Jiménez, Jesús María (Universidad de Jaén. Departamento de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología)
Serrano Ferron, Emmanuel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Servei d'Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge)
Soriguer, Ramón C (Estación Biológica de Doñana)
González, Francisco J. (Laboratorio PROLAB)
Sarasa, Mathieu (Universidad de Jaén. Departamento de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología)
Granados Torres, José Enrique (Espacio Natural de Sierra Nevada)
Cano-Manuel, Francisco Javier (Espacio Natural Sierra Nevada)
Cuenca Valera, Rafaela (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Fandos, Paulino (Parque Natural Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas)

Date:	2015
Abstract:	Our study focuses on the Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) from the Sierra Nevada Natural Space (southern Spain), where sarcoptic mange is an endemic disease and animals are affected by a highly seasonal environment. Our aim was to distinguish between disease and environmental influences on seasonal variation in body weight, hematology, and serum biochemistry in Iberian ibex. We sampled 136 chemically immobilized male ibexes. The single effect of mange influenced hemoglobin, hematocrit, mean corpuscular volume, leukocytes, band neutrophils, monocytes, cholesterol, urea, creatine, and aspartate aminotransferase. Both mange and the period of the year also affected values of mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, neutrophils, glucose, and serum proteins. Scabietic animals showed a marked reduction in body weight (21. 4 kg on average), which was more pronounced in winter. These results reveal that 1) infested animals are anemic, 2) secondary infections likely occur, and 3) sarcoptic mange is catabolic.
Note:	MINECO/CGL-2012-40043-C02-01
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Animals salvatges ; Cabres ; Malalties ; Capra pyrenaica ; Host-parasite relationships ; Sarcoptes scabiei ; Wildlife diseases
Published in:	Journal of wildlife diseases, Vol. 51 Núm. 1 (2015) , p. 148-156

DOI: 10.7589/2014-01-008
PMID: 25380360

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