THERMAL-STRESS INFLUENCES CLINICAL-CHEMISTRY VALUES OF NORTHERN BOBWHITE (COLINUS-VIRGINIANUS)

Values of serum biochemistry were determined for 120 adult male Northe rn bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) that were either maintained at therm oneutrality or exposed to thermal stress. Thermal stress did not affec t serum aspartate aminotransferase or albumin concentrations. Lacate d ehydrogenase and uric acid in serum of cold-stressed birds were greate r than concentrations of serum from thermoneutral or heat-stressed bir ds. Serum triglyceride concentrations of both cold- and heat-stressed birds were higher than concentrations from birds maintained at thermon eutrality. Serum total protein was greater in cold-stressed birds than in heat-stressed birds.