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Hyperkalemia in Free-ranging White-tailed Deer (odocoileus Virginianus)
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Stringer, Elizabeth M. Kennedy-Stoskopf, Suzanne Chitwood, Michael Colter Thompson, Jeffrey R. DePerno, Christopher S. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | Sixty adult and yearling female white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were collected in July 2008 (n=30) and March 2009 (n=30) from eastern North Carolina as part of a population health assessment. During July 2008, standard serum analyses revealed hyperkalemia in all deer sampled. In March, the effect of processing time as a possible source of the hyperkalemia was investigated. For a subset of deer (n=10), blood tubes were centrifuged and processed at four time points (0, 30, 60, and 120 min) postcollection. Delayed centrifugation and plasma separation did not affect potassium (K+) concentration over time, indicating that a shift in intracellular K+ did not occur and the hyperkalemia was not due to improper sample handling. Potassium levels were negatively correlated with age and varied across collection periods. Also, K+ levels were positively correlated with glucose and not correlated with creatine kinase (CK). No single variable indicated a strong enough relationship to explain the hyperkalemia in the study. |
| Starting Page | 307 |
| Ending Page | 313 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.7589/0090-3558-47.2.307 |
| PubMed reference number | 21441183 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 47 |
| Journal | Journal of wildlife diseases |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www4.ncsu.edu/~csdepern/documents/PR43-HyperkalemiainWTDJWD.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-47.2.307 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
