INVESTIGADORES
D'AMICO Veronica Laura
artículos
Título:
Leucocyte levels in some Antarctic and non-Antarctic penguins
Autor/es:
D'AMICO V.L; BERTELLOTTI M.; DIAZ J.I.; CORIA N.; VIDAL BURGOS V.; BARBOSA A.
Revista:
ARDEOLA
Editorial:
SOC ESPANOLA ORNITOLGIA
Referencias:
Año: 2014 vol. 61 p. 145 - 152
ISSN:
0570-7358
Resumen:
We studied leukocyte levels in some Antarctic and non-Antarctic penguins. A set of 107 blood samples of Chinstrap (Pygoscelis antarctica), Gentoo (P. papua) and Adélie (P. adeliae) penguins at Isla 25 de Mayo/King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica) and Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) at Península Valdés (Chubut, Argentina) were collected and analysed during the 2009-2010 breeding season. We observed that Chinstrap and Adélie penguins had lower total leukocyte counts than Magellanic and Gentoo penguins. We provide some potential explanations for species differences in leukocyte levels.
