HAPTOGLOBIN ESTIMATION IN SERUM OF WILD RUMINANTS LIVING IN CAPTIVITY

Haptoglobin concentration was estimated in serum from 117 animals of B ovidae and Cervidae families Living in captivity in Berlin Zoo. Eighty six percent of tested samples taken from Bovidae and 52% from Cervida e had the ''normal'' range of Hp concentration (0-0.2 g/l), Haptoglobi n concentrations exceeding 0.2 g/l were found in 13.5% of Bovidae anim als, but up to 48% Cervidae. The obtained results suggest the potentia l usefulness of quantitative haptoglobin estimation in the diagnostics of inflammatory processes in some wild species.