ELECTROPHORETIC PROTEIN ANALYSIS IN THE CONDITIONED CAPTIVE WILD COYOTE, Canis latrans

¹ From the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Veterinary Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83843, USA
² Department of Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99163, USA
³ U.S Sheep Experiment Station, Dubois, Idaho 83423, USA

Total protein, albumin and serum protein values were determined on 19 male and 14 female captive, vaccinated, wild coyotes. Male coyotes had significantly higher total protein, alpha 1 and alpha 2 globulin levels than female coyotes. Captive, wild coyotes had lower values for total protein, albumin and beta globulins, and higher values for alpha 2 and gamma globulins than similar values for laboratory dogs.

Albumin values determined by bromcresol green were slightly higher than values derived by electrophoresis. This difference was non-significant.