Using Blood Gas Analysis and Capnography to Determine Oxygenation Status in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Sharp, Sarah M.; Gomez, Forrest M.; Meegan, Jenny M.; Rowles, Teresa K.; Townsend, Forrest; Schwacke, Lori H.; Smith, Cynthia R.

doi:10.3390/toxics11050423

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Using Blood Gas Analysis and Capnography to Determine Oxygenation Status in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

2023
By Sharp, Sarah M. ; Gomez, Forrest M. ; Meegan, Jenny M. ; ...
Source: Toxics, 11(5), 423

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Toxics
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Sharp, Sarah M. ; Gomez, Forrest M. ; Meegan, Jenny M. ; Rowles, Teresa K. ; Townsend, Forrest ; Schwacke, Lori H. ; Smith, Cynthia R. Less -
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Following the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in 2010, poor pulmonary health and reproductive failure in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the northern Gulf of Mexico were well-documented. One postulated etiology for the increased fetal distress syndrome and pneumonia found in affected perinatal dolphins was maternal hypoxia caused by lung disease. The objective of this study was to evaluate the utility of blood gas analysis and capnography in determining oxygenation status in bottlenose dolphins with and without pulmonary disease. Blood and breath samples were collected from 59 free-ranging dolphins in Barataria Bay, Louisiana (BB), during a capture–release health assessment program, and from 30 managed dolphins from the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program in San Diego, CA. The former was the oil-exposed cohort and the latter served as a control cohort with known health histories. Capnography and select blood gas parameters were compared based on the following factors: cohort, sex, age/length class, reproductive status, and severity of pulmonary disease. Animals with moderate–severe lung disease had higher bicarbonate concentrations (p = 0.005), pH (p < 0.001), TCO2 (p = 0.012), and more positive base excess (p = 0.001) than animals with normal–mild disease. Capnography (ETCO2) was found to have a weak positive correlation with blood PCO2 (p = 0.020), with a mean difference of 5.02 mmHg (p < 0.001). Based on these findings, indirect oxygenation measures, including TCO2, bicarbonate, and pH, show promise in establishing the oxygenation status in dolphins with and without pulmonary disease.
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Chemical Health And Safety Health, Toxicology And Mutagenesis Toxicology
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Toxics, 11(5), 423
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https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11050423
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2305-6304
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