Stover & Dolensek (1985) reported the successful blood transfusions from a Dorcas gazelle to a 6.8 kg, two-months-old slender-horned gazelle that was sick and anemic from intestinal parasites (Haemonchus sp.). General laboratory data on this species were published by ISIS (1997).
17) Other resources
Cell lines are available from CRES at San Diego Zoo by contacting Dr. Oliver Ryder at: oryder@ucsd.edu.
18) Other remarks - What additional Information is needed?
Only one mature placenta has been studied, and the length of only one term umbilical cord is known. More specimens need be collected, and endocrinological studies are needed.
Acknowledgement
The animal photographs in this chapter come from the Zoological Society of San Diego. I appreciate also very much the help of the pathologists at the San Diego Zoo.
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