BLOOD AND URINARY VALUES IN THE GRAY SQUIRREL

¹ Bureaus of Preventable Diseases and Laboratories, Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Division of Health, P.O. Box 210, Jacksonville, Florida 32201 and Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Animal Industry Diagnostic Laboratory, P.O. Box 460, Kissimmee, Florida 32741, USA

Uric acid, blood urea nitrogen, glucose, total serum protein, cholesterol, triglyceride, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and chloride concentrations in the blood plus pH, bilirubin, ketone, blood, protein and glucose levels in the urine were determined for gray squirrels captured in Jacksonville, Florida. Significant differences were not noted for any of these values when compared by the age or sex of the animals, by breeding or lactation status, by month of capture, or by habitat type. Depressed blood glucose and elevated blood urea nitrogen levels were observed in squirrels with shock syndrome.