Hyperlipemia of captive bottlenose dolphins during pregnancy.

J Vet Med Sci

Enoshima Aquarium, 2-19-1 Katase-kaigan, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 251-0035, Japan.

Published: March 2005

In this study values for total cholesterol and triglycerides were measured in 110 blood samples taken from 360 days pre-partum to 90 days post-partum in ten parturitions of six bottlenose dolphins, and in 75 blood samples when the dolphins were not pregnant as a control group. The average total cholesterol values in the second, third and fourth stages and in the puerperium were significantly higher than the average value of the control group by 11.0%, 30.2%, 19.3% and 13.4% respectively. The average triglycerides values for the third and fourth stages and in the puerperium were also significantly higher than those in the control group by 59.7%, 84.3%, and 42.1% respectively.

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