HEMATOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL VALUES OF THE BLOOD AND BLOOD-SERUM OF CAPTIVE NORTHERN WHITE RHINOCEROSES (CERATOTHERIUM-SIMUM COTTONI)

Haematological and biochemical blood and blood serum values obtained from 7 northern white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) kept in the Zoological Garden at Dvur Kralove are reported. The haematological values showed significant differences between pharmacologically unaffected and immobilized animals in erythrocyte count, haematocrit, haemoglobin content and monocyte count. The haematological and biochemical values obtained in immobilized animals were compared with the data reported in the relevant literature for immobilized southern white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum simum).