Archives Animal Breeding (Mar 2015)

Serum total proteins and related electrophoretic fractions in growing foals

  • M. Quartuccio,
  • F. Arfuso,
  • C. Giannetto,
  • E. Giudice,
  • S. Di Pietro,
  • G. Piccione

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-58-123-2015
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 58, no. 1
pp. 123 – 126

Abstract

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes of serum total proteins, albumin, α1-, α2-, β1-, β2 and γ-globulins in growing foals during the first month of life. Nine clinically healthy foals (five females and four males, mean body weight 39.00 ± 3.50 kg) were enrolled in the study. From each animal, blood samples were collected by jugular venipuncture every 3 days during the first month of life starting from the day of birth. Serum concentration of total proteins, albumin, α1, α2, β1, β2 and γ-globulins was assessed. One-way repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA), followed by Bonferroni post hoc comparison test, was used to determine statistically significant effect of the day of life on studied parameters. A statistically significant effect of the day of life on serum total proteins (P P P This study provides useful information that could help clinicians to better interpret clinical data and diagnose equine neonatal disease.