Part of UKCEH UKCEH logo
UKCEH website
Dominoni, D.

Blood characteristics of zebra finches following exposure to artificial light at night

Download/Access
PLEASE NOTE: By accessing or using this dataset, you agree to the terms of the relevant licence agreement(s). You will ensure that this dataset is cited in any publication that describes research in which the data have been used.

This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

Download the data
https://doi.org/10.5285/55f10059-82c0-4216-a004-e6d690d628e1
This dataset contains measurements of four physiological parameters measured in blood samples collected from zebra finches held in indoor cages over a period of 4 months. We measured four parameters: glucose concentration, non-enzymatic anti-oxidant capacity, lipid peroxidation and relative telomere length. Zebra finches were held in groups separated into three different treatments: a control group where birds were held under natural light-dark cycles, a group where birds were exposed to dim artificial light at night during the entire night (FLAN) and a group where birds where partially exposed to artificial light at night, between dusk and midnight (PLAN). Samples were taken at the start, mid-term, and end of the experiment.
Publication date: 2024-11-21
5 downloads *
244 views *

More information

View numbers valid from 21 November 2024 Download numbers valid from 21 November 2024 (information prior to this was not collected)

Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Provenance & quality

After collection, one drop of blood was used to measure glucose concentration via a glucose strip test. The remaining blood was kept on ice, immediately brought to a laboratory, where it was centrifuged to separate red blood cells and plasma. These were transferred into two separate tubes and stored at -80 until further analysis.
Plasma samples were used to analyse non-enzymatic anti-oxidant capacity using the Oxy-test and a lipid peroxidation marker, MDA, using mass spectrometry (LC-MS). The red blood cells were used to measure relative telomere length using a real-time RT-qPCR assay.

Licensing and constraints

This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

Cite this dataset as:
Dominoni, D. (2024). Blood characteristics of zebra finches following exposure to artificial light at night. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/55f10059-82c0-4216-a004-e6d690d628e1

Correspondence/contact details

Dominoni, D.
University of Glasgow
 davide.dominoni@glasgow.ac.uk

Author

Dominoni, D.
University of Glasgow

Other contacts

Rights holder
University of Glasgow
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
biota
Keywords
Artificial light at night , birds , eco-physiology , glucose , oxidative stress , telomere length
Last updated
03 December 2024 10:57