Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXIII, Issue 1
Written by Maya POPOVA, Radka MALINOVA, Vasil NIKOLOV, Boyko GEORGIEV, Paulina TAUSHANOVA, Maria IVANOVA
In the mares of purebred Arabian horse (n-8) and East Bulgarian horse (n-12) breeds, raised in the State stud farm 'Kabiuk' near Shumen, Bulgaria, were studied basic hematological and biochemical blood parameters in the beginning of spring (March). It was established that the average levels for the mares from both breeds are as follows: alanine aminotransferase ALT U/L - 73.00±14.47, lactate dehydrogenase LDH U/L - 1523.88±93.11, creatinine Creat. U/L - 284.56±53.08, calcium Ca U/L - 2.06±0.4, total bilirubin TBL U/L - 78.40±12.45, phosphorus P U/L - 6.63±0.51, white blood cells WBC - 8.87±0.71, lymphocyte count Lym - 32.94±2.48, monocytes Mon-3.98±0.30, granulocytes Gra - 61.45±2.74, red blood cells RBC - 8.01±0.14, erythrocyte volume MCV - 67.07±28.42, hematocrit Hct - 35.12±1.54, hemoglobin MCH - 12.34±0.16, erythrocyte distribution width RDW-16.90±1.42, hemoglobin Hb-11.16±0.67, platelets THR -255.17±40.66, platelet volume MPV -7.81±0.19, platelet distribution width PDW-9.22±0.30, hemoglobin in erythrocytes MCHC - 27.29±0.29. The breed is a reliable (p<0.01) source of variation of LDH, with higher values found in the East Bulgarian breed (EBB). The mares of different ages can differ significantly (p<0.05) in the content of Mon in the blood. The age group in the breed had a significant effect (p<0.05) on Ca and PDW, with the oldest mares from EBB (10-12 years old) had decreasing amount of Ca and increasing amount of POW.
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