Hematologic, biochemical, and endocrine characteristics of bobcats during a prey decline in southeastern Idaho

Authors :: Eric C. Hellgren
Steven T. Knick
Ulysses S. Seal
Source :: Canadian Journal of Zoology. 71:1448-1453
Publication Year :: 1993
Publisher :: Canadian Science Publishing, 1993.
Abstract: We studied the hematology and blood chemistry of 33 adult bobcats (Felis rufus) captured from 1982 through 1985 in southeastern Idaho during a decline in lagomorphs, their major prey. Our objectives were to relate blood physiology of bobcats to sex, season, and a decline in abundance of black-tailed jackrabbits (Lepus californicus) and Nuttall's cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus nuttallii). Males had higher (P

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test
biology
Felis rufus
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin
biology.organism_classification
Red blood cell
Population decline
Animal science
Endocrinology
medicine.anatomical_structure
Lepus californicus
Blood chemistry
Internal medicine
medicine
Animal Science and Zoology
Hemoglobin
Mean corpuscular volume
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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