Journal of the Indonesian Tropical Animal Agriculture (Mar 2011)
PREDICTION MODELS FOR OLFACTORY METABOLIC AND SOWS %RNAreticulocyt (RNArt) BY MEASUREMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC AMMONIA EXPOSURE AND MICROCLIMATE LEVEL
Abstract
Twenty sows housed indoors in individual stalls were used to determine the relationships between atmospheric ammonia exposure and microclimate on olfactory metabolic and sows RNAreticulocyt, and to know the prediction models of the olfactory metabolic and sows RNAreticulocyt by measurement of atmospheric ammonia exposure and microclimate level. Result indicated a significantly negative effect of ammonia on commonly olfactory metabolic parameters and %RNAreticulocyt. The results also showed that ammonia has been reduced the function of olfactory receptors and activities of Ca2+-gated chloride channel open and efflux of Cl- to depolarize cell, as soon as reducing an electrical signal to the brain, so gives impact to blood metabolism (especially RNAreticulocyt). Simultaneous effect between ammonia and humidity proved to be a good indicator for predicting model of olfactory metabolic, and %RNAreticulocyt especially for creatine kinase (=16.65+0.02H-0.59A), glucose (=21.55-0.10H-0.01A), lactate (=8,87-0.03H-0.20A), ATPase (=0.05+0.00H-0.02A), adenosine triphosphate (ATP) (=13.19-0.19H+0.86A).