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¹ Veterinary Department, Perth Zoo, South Perth, Western Australia 6151, Australia
² Veterinary and Quarantine Centre, Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo, New South Wales 2830, Australia
³ Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, PO Box 3130, Rockhampton Shopping Fair, Queensland 4701, Australia
⁴ Corresponding author (email: tportas{at}zoo.nsw.gov.au)

ABSTRACT:   Hematologic and serum biochemistry values were determined for 31 adult (21 male and 10 female) and four subadult male northern hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus krefftii) from the only existing population in Epping Forest National Park, Australia. Blood samples were obtained from free-ranging northern hairy-nosed wombats during trapping for population census and health and reproductive assessment in 1999. Hematologic and biochemical values were compared between adult males and adult females, and between adult and subadult wombats. Values were also compared with those previously published for southern hairy-nosed (Lasiorhinus latifrons) and common (Vombatus ursinus) wombats. The values from this study were used to create reference intervals, and they make up the first comprehensive hematologic and biochemical study for this highly endangered species.
  Key words:  Biochemistry, clinical pathology, hematology, Lasiorhinus krefftii, wombat.