Perfil bioquímico sanguíneo de alpacas (Vicugna pacos) aparentemente sanas de la serranía del Ecuador

Abstract

It was determined the blood biochemical profile of Alpacas (Vicugna pacos) apparently healthy from caravans Alpaqueras of the Serranía of Ecuador (Palmira, Calpi, Licto and San Juan). Blood samples were taken by jugular venipuncture of 121 adult animals (81 females and 40 males); and plasma values of glucose, cholesterol, creatinine, urea, alanine amino transferase (ALT), aspartate amino transferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (FA), Gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT), total proteins (PT) and albumin were determined. The study of the samples was carried out through the Biochemical Analyzer Mindray BS 200E. With a multifactorial Adeva the effect of sex and localization was assessed, the corrected stockings were calculated and the comparisons were established using the Tukey test. Subsequently, the different biochemical parameters were correlated using Pearson's correlation coefficients. For the places of origin, no statistical differences were presented: glucose, cholesterol, creatinine, urea, ALT and FA; only difference in AST was observed for the alpacas of San Juan (234.48 U/L), for GGT and PT those of Palmira (32.91 U/L; 6.61 U/L) respectively, and albumin the Animals of San Juan (3.92 g/dl). With respect to the sex of the species, no differences were observed for glucose, cholesterol, creatinine, urea, PT, albumin, GGT, ALT and FA; only differences were observed in the AST enzyme, higher value for the females (193.31 U/L), and a lower value for males (180.49 U/L). With respect to the correlations between the evaluated parameters showed a low and significant correlate.

Key words: Biochemical profile Blood, alpacas, jugular venopuncture, plasma levels.