Leukocyte profiles and body condition of free-living Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) from rural and urban areas

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Cavalli, Matilde; Baladron Felix, Alejandro Victor; Isacch, Juan Pablo; D'amico, Veronica Laura; Bó, Maria Susana
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2018
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Species living in urban areas are exposed to novel and potentially stressful human perturbations. In response to the increasing number of stressors in these habitats, animals may manifest changes in their immune system, body condition and physiology. Many bird species are negatively impacted by urbanization, but other species survive and thrive in urban areas. The capacity to adjust the stress responses to the conditions of urban areas may play a key role to explain the success of bird species in this habitat. In this study, we compared indicators of stress and body condition in free-living Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) inhabiting urban and rural areas. We calculated a scaled index of body condition, assessed leukocyte profiles and calculated the heterophil/lymphocyte (H/L) ratios of chicks and adult Burrowing owl individuals. We found that the total white blood cell counts, the relative leukocyte count, and the H/L ratio were similar in owls from rural and urban areas, as well as their body condition. Chicks showed higher counts of white blood cells relative to adult owls, which may be associated with developmental stages and immune system activation processes. Here we provide the first Burrowing owl baseline data of leukocyte profile, one that can be used as a reference when developing future studies.
Fil: Cavalli, Matilde. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Baladron Felix, Alejandro Victor. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Isacch, Juan Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: D'amico, Veronica Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Nacional Patagónico; Argentina
Fil: Bó, Maria Susana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
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spelling Leukocyte profiles and body condition of free-living Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) from rural and urban areasCavalli, MatildeBaladron Felix, Alejandro VictorIsacch, Juan PabloD'amico, Veronica LauraBó, Maria SusanaSTRESSURBANIZATIONHETEROPHILLYMPHOCYTEhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Species living in urban areas are exposed to novel and potentially stressful human perturbations. In response to the increasing number of stressors in these habitats, animals may manifest changes in their immune system, body condition and physiology. Many bird species are negatively impacted by urbanization, but other species survive and thrive in urban areas. The capacity to adjust the stress responses to the conditions of urban areas may play a key role to explain the success of bird species in this habitat. In this study, we compared indicators of stress and body condition in free-living Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) inhabiting urban and rural areas. We calculated a scaled index of body condition, assessed leukocyte profiles and calculated the heterophil/lymphocyte (H/L) ratios of chicks and adult Burrowing owl individuals. We found that the total white blood cell counts, the relative leukocyte count, and the H/L ratio were similar in owls from rural and urban areas, as well as their body condition. Chicks showed higher counts of white blood cells relative to adult owls, which may be associated with developmental stages and immune system activation processes. Here we provide the first Burrowing owl baseline data of leukocyte profile, one that can be used as a reference when developing future studies.Fil: Cavalli, Matilde. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; ArgentinaFil: Baladron Felix, Alejandro Victor. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; ArgentinaFil: Isacch, Juan Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; ArgentinaFil: D'amico, Veronica Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Nacional Patagónico; ArgentinaFil: Bó, Maria Susana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; ArgentinaSociedade Brasileira de Ornitologia2018-03info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/88050Cavalli, Matilde; Baladron Felix, Alejandro Victor; Isacch, Juan Pablo; D'amico, Veronica Laura; Bó, Maria Susana; Leukocyte profiles and body condition of free-living Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) from rural and urban areas; Sociedade Brasileira de Ornitologia; Ararajuba; 26; 1; 3-2018; 45-510103-5657CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.revbrasilornitol.com.br/BJO/article/view/260105info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-15T15:34:07Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/88050instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-15 15:34:07.931CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Leukocyte profiles and body condition of free-living Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) from rural and urban areas
title Leukocyte profiles and body condition of free-living Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) from rural and urban areas
spellingShingle Leukocyte profiles and body condition of free-living Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) from rural and urban areas
Cavalli, Matilde
STRESS
URBANIZATION
HETEROPHIL
LYMPHOCYTE
title_short Leukocyte profiles and body condition of free-living Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) from rural and urban areas
title_full Leukocyte profiles and body condition of free-living Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) from rural and urban areas
title_fullStr Leukocyte profiles and body condition of free-living Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) from rural and urban areas
title_full_unstemmed Leukocyte profiles and body condition of free-living Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) from rural and urban areas
title_sort Leukocyte profiles and body condition of free-living Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) from rural and urban areas
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cavalli, Matilde
Baladron Felix, Alejandro Victor
Isacch, Juan Pablo
D'amico, Veronica Laura
Bó, Maria Susana
author Cavalli, Matilde
author_facet Cavalli, Matilde
Baladron Felix, Alejandro Victor
Isacch, Juan Pablo
D'amico, Veronica Laura
Bó, Maria Susana
author_role author
author2 Baladron Felix, Alejandro Victor
Isacch, Juan Pablo
D'amico, Veronica Laura
Bó, Maria Susana
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv STRESS
URBANIZATION
HETEROPHIL
LYMPHOCYTE
topic STRESS
URBANIZATION
HETEROPHIL
LYMPHOCYTE
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Species living in urban areas are exposed to novel and potentially stressful human perturbations. In response to the increasing number of stressors in these habitats, animals may manifest changes in their immune system, body condition and physiology. Many bird species are negatively impacted by urbanization, but other species survive and thrive in urban areas. The capacity to adjust the stress responses to the conditions of urban areas may play a key role to explain the success of bird species in this habitat. In this study, we compared indicators of stress and body condition in free-living Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) inhabiting urban and rural areas. We calculated a scaled index of body condition, assessed leukocyte profiles and calculated the heterophil/lymphocyte (H/L) ratios of chicks and adult Burrowing owl individuals. We found that the total white blood cell counts, the relative leukocyte count, and the H/L ratio were similar in owls from rural and urban areas, as well as their body condition. Chicks showed higher counts of white blood cells relative to adult owls, which may be associated with developmental stages and immune system activation processes. Here we provide the first Burrowing owl baseline data of leukocyte profile, one that can be used as a reference when developing future studies.
Fil: Cavalli, Matilde. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Baladron Felix, Alejandro Victor. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Isacch, Juan Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: D'amico, Veronica Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Nacional Patagónico; Argentina
Fil: Bó, Maria Susana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
description Species living in urban areas are exposed to novel and potentially stressful human perturbations. In response to the increasing number of stressors in these habitats, animals may manifest changes in their immune system, body condition and physiology. Many bird species are negatively impacted by urbanization, but other species survive and thrive in urban areas. The capacity to adjust the stress responses to the conditions of urban areas may play a key role to explain the success of bird species in this habitat. In this study, we compared indicators of stress and body condition in free-living Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) inhabiting urban and rural areas. We calculated a scaled index of body condition, assessed leukocyte profiles and calculated the heterophil/lymphocyte (H/L) ratios of chicks and adult Burrowing owl individuals. We found that the total white blood cell counts, the relative leukocyte count, and the H/L ratio were similar in owls from rural and urban areas, as well as their body condition. Chicks showed higher counts of white blood cells relative to adult owls, which may be associated with developmental stages and immune system activation processes. Here we provide the first Burrowing owl baseline data of leukocyte profile, one that can be used as a reference when developing future studies.
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