Some blood biochemical parameters in flamingos M. EREN1*, Y. ÇAM2, F. UYANIK1 and Ö. ATALAY2 1 University of Erciyes, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Sümer Mah. Baris Manço Cad. 38090, Kayseri-TURKEY. 2 University of Erciyes, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Intestinal Diseases, Sümer Mah. Baris Manço Cad. 38090, Kayseri-TURKEY.
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The study conducted on one-year-old flamingos (n = 14, 7 females and 7 males) was performed for investigating some blood biochemical parameters (enzyme activities: AST; ALT; GGT; ALP and CK, substrate concentrations: total proteins, albumin, globulins, cholesterol, triglyceride, Ca, P, Mg, glucose, urea and creatinine) and for evaluating the sex effects on these parameters. Serum AST, ALT, GGT, ALP activities and total protein, albumin, Ca, P, triglyceride, glucose, urea and creatinine concentrations were similar to those of other bird species and flamingos. However, CK activity and total cholesterol concentrations were lower and serum globulin, Mg concentrations were higher than those previously reported. Furthermore, sexual differences were evidenced for some parameters: CK activities were higher in males than in females (p
