Physiological responses or blesbok, eland and red hartebeest to different capture methods

In this study intra-species physiological responses to different capturing techniques were compared. Statistically significant differences for lactate and osmolality concentrations were shown to exist between blesbok captured by herding into a boma and manually restrained, and blesbok captured by netting. There does not seem to be any advantage in allowing blesbok to rest in the boma before they are captured. Capture methods as descriptionbed are stressful, with the netting procedure resulting in the highest mean values in blesbok and eland for haematocrit, glucose, lactate, osmolality and total catecholamines.