Reference Values and Influence of Sex and Age on Hemogram and Clinical Biochemistry in Protected and Endangered Murinsulaner Horses
VETER.INARSKI ARHIV 89 (1), 25-42, 2019 DOI: 10.24099/vet.arhiv.0479 Reference values and influence of sex and age on hemogram and clinical biochemistry in protected and endangered Murinsulaner horses Nikica Prvanović Babić1*, Antun Kostelić2, Branimir Novak3, Dragica Šalamon2, Bruna Tariba2, Nino Maćešić1, Tugomir Karadjole1, Goran Bačić1, and Ljiljana Bedrica4 1Clinic for Obstetrics and Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia 2Department for Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia 3Veterinary station ʺBioinstitutʺ, Čakovec, Croatia 4Clinic for Internal Deseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia ________________________________________________________________________________________ PRvANović BABić, N., A. KosTeLić, B. NovAK, D. ŠALAMoN, B. TARiBA, N. MAćeŠić, T. KARADjoLe, G. BAčić, Lj. BeDRicA: Reference values and influence of sex and age on hemogram and clinical biochemistry in protected and endangered Murinsulaner horses. vet. arhiv 89, 25-42, 2019. ABsTRAcT The aim of this study was to establish the exact haematological and clinical biochemistry reference values for horses of the Murinsulaner breed, using the complete population in Croatia (n = 33) for the sampling. Haemoglobin concentrations (HB), red blood cell count (RBC), white blood cell count (WBC), packed cell volume (PCV), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH), platelet count and differential white blood cell counts were determined. Clinical biochemistry included the activity of GGT, AST, ALT, CK, ALP, LDH and AMYL, concentrations of glucose (GLUC), total protein (TP), albumin (ALB), cholesterol (CHOL), triglycerides (TRI), calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), magnesium (Mg), iron (Fe), urea (UREA), creatinine (CREA) and total bilirubin (TBIL). The animals were sorted into groups according to sex and age, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) was preformed using the GLM procedure and Tukey’s studentized range test.
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