Hematological values for free-living great fruit-eating bats, Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
2020
Maria Alice Amaral Kuzel | Jonatas Amorim Tavares | Priscila do Amaral Fernandes | Bruno Alves | Sócrates Fraga de Costa Neto | Caroline Lacorte | Mylena de Souza Borges | Isabel Cristina Fábregas Bonna | Cecilia Siliansky de Andreazzi | Ricardo Moratelli
It was provide a hematological profile of Artibeus lituratus (Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae). Animals were collected from October 2017 to February 2018 in an urban forest in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil. Males and females showed similar overall mean values for the parameters analyzed. Males had higher values for erythrocytes (RBC), hematocrit and basophils. Females had higher levels of eosinophils than males. The hematological values reported here will serve as reference for future research on health conditions of free-living and captive populations of Artibeus lituratus, as well as for research on pathogens associated with these bats.
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