PERFIL HEMATOLÓGICO E BIOQUÍMICO DE Cebus libidinosus Spix, 1923 e Alouatta caraya Humboldt, 1812 DE VIDA LIVRE NO SUL DO ESTADO DO TOCANTINS.

Abstract

To determine the hematological reference values for various blood dosages in healthy and free-living adults of Cebus libidinosus (bearded capuchin monkeys) and Alouatta caraya (black howler), and to investigate the possible variations related to sex, blood samples were collected from 15 bearded capuchin monkeys (5 males and 10 females) and 47 from black howler monkeys (28 males and 19 females), all manually captured during the fauna rescue of the São Salvador hydroelectric plant located south of the State of Tocantins, in the upper Tocantins River. Therefore, 26 variables were evaluated and divided into the following groups: lipid profile (five variables), hematological profile (nine variables), biochemical (ten variables) and hormonal dosages (two variables). The results for each variable are presented and compared by sex, using descriptive statistics considering the minimum and maximum values, the mean and standard deviation. Significant differences were observed for C. libidinosus in only three variables (body weight, creatinin and T3 hormone) and significant sex difference in only one group of variables (hormones), whereas for A. caraya, significant difference was observed in eight variables (body weight, VLDL, triglycerides, total proteins, RDW, platelet count, LDH and alkaline phosphatase), and only the group of variables related to general biochemistry showed significant sex difference. The importance of this scientific work is due to its unprecedented nature related to the assessment and sexual variation of hematological and biochemical profile of free-living Cebus libidinosus and Alouatta caraya.