천연기념물 한국 산양의 혈액 및 혈액 화학적 정상표준범위

Abstract

Korean goral (Neamorhedus caudatus) is registered as a natural monument number 217 by South Korea Cultural Heritage Administration. It is also recognized as the endangered speciesⅠ by Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). In this study, blood sam-ples of Korean goral were collected to make reference intervals. Blood sampling was conducted on 19 numbers of Korean gorals (ten females, nine males), which were reared in Korean Goral Restoration Center. For total samples, the reference intervals of hematological parameters were: white blood cell 7.69∼10.87 K/; hematocrit 36.73∼46.18%; red blood cell 10.72∼12.86 M/; hemoglobin 12.79∼15.14 g/dL; mean corpuscular volume 33.15∼36.75 fL; mean corpuscular hemoglobin 11.53∼12.23 pg; mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration 32.64-35.91 g/dL and red blood cell distribution width 39.2∼43.46%. For total samples of each parameters, the following results were obtained for serum bio-chemistry: glucose 111.81∼153.77 mg/dL; blood urea nitrogen 22.35∼28.91 mg/dL; creatine 1.22∼1.84 mg/dL; phosphate 4.57∼6 mg/dL; calcium 8.7∼9.1 mg/dL; total protein 6.53∼6.92 g/dL; albumin 3.1∼3.48 g/dL; globulin 3.26∼3.62 g/dL; alanine aminotransferase 56.7∼158.56 U/L; aspartate amino-transferase 230.35∼473.06 U/L; alkaline phosphatase 178.06∼332.47 U/L; gamma-glutamyl trans-peptidase 131.6-∼181.24 U/L; total bilirubin 1.47∼2.12 mg/dL; cholesterol 46.48∼71.52 mg/dL; amy-lase 16.3∼26.03 U/L; sodium 150.43∼153.88 mmol/L; potassium 3.98∼4.6 mmol/L and chlorine 109.48∼113.26 mmol/L. The ranges of values were similar campared to previous studies except in the case of RDW value, which showed higher range than the RDW value of a previous study. The reference intervals from this study will be useful data for treatment and management of gorals.