This is the first study to report blood haematology and biochemistry values for a group of captive adult male leopard geckos. The means and standard deviations for total protein, albumin, globulins, glucose, uric acid, aspartate aminotransferase, creatine kinase, calcium, phosphorus and potassium for 20 healthy adult captive male leopard geckos were 55.60 ± 7.52 g/l, 16.45 ± 2.37 g/l, 39.15 ± 5.74 g/l, 6.18 ± 1.35 mmol/l, 67.95 ± 42.63 µmol/l, 0.83 ± 0.42 µkat/l, 25.40 ± 29.46 µkat/l, 3.05 ± 0.18 mmol/l, 1.4 ± 0.23 mmol/l, and 5.78 ± 0.58 mmol/l, respectively. The right external jugular vein was punctured with a pre-heparinised needle and insulin syringe. Animals were manually restrained with the head and neck extended. The aim of this study was to determine blood profile data in captive adult male leopard geckos. Veterinary Service, Safari Park Pombia, Novara, Italy 3Ĭlinic Polivet, Centro Veterinario Animali Esotici, Roma, Italy
Vet Med - Czech, 2019, 64(4):172-177 | DOI: 10.17221/164/2018-VETMED Blood profile in captive adult male leopard geckos ( Eublepharis macularius) Original Paper Zora Knotkova *,1, Manuel Morici 2, Matteo Oliveri 3, Zdenek Knotek 1 1Īvian and Exotic Animal Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Czech Republic 2