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Genetic analysis of haematological and plasma biochemical parameters in the Spanish purebred horse exercised on a treadmill

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2013

B. M. Escribano ,
A. Molina ,
M. Valera ,
P. Tovar ,
E. I. Agüera ,
R. Santisteban ,
R. Vivo ,
S. Agüera  and
M. D. Rubio
B. M. Escribano*
Affiliation:
Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Córdoba, Campus of Rabanales, 14071-Córdoba, Spain
A. Molina
Affiliation:
Department of Genetic, University of Córdoba, Campus of Rabanales, 14071-Córdoba, Spain
M. Valera
Affiliation:
Department of Agroforestry Science, University of Seville, Ctra, Utrera, 41013-Seville, Spain
P. Tovar
Affiliation:
Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Córdoba, Campus of Rabanales, 14071-Córdoba, Spain
E. I. Agüera
Affiliation:
Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Córdoba, Campus of Rabanales, 14071-Córdoba, Spain
R. Santisteban
Affiliation:
Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Córdoba, Campus of Rabanales, 14071-Córdoba, Spain
R. Vivo
Affiliation:
Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Córdoba, Campus of Rabanales, 14071-Córdoba, Spain
S. Agüera
Affiliation:
Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Córdoba, Campus of Rabanales, 14071-Córdoba, Spain
M. D. Rubio
Affiliation:
Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Córdoba, Campus of Rabanales, 14071-Córdoba, Spain
*
†E-mail: am1esdub@uco.es
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Abstract

The novel aim of this study was to describe the reference values of different haematological and biochemical parameters in the Spanish purebred horse (Andalusian, SPB) in each of the stages of a programmed exercise on a treadmill system, and to establish heritability and genetic correlations for these haematological and biochemical parameters. For this, 94 young SPB male horses (4.22 ± 2.27 years old) were used. An increasing intensity exercise test at 4, 5, 6 and 7 m/s was carried out on a treadmill (6% inclination). Total red blood cells, total white blood cells, neutrophils and lymphocytes counts; haematocrit, haemoglobin, lactate, uric acid, creatinine and total plasma proteins concentrations and aspartate transaminase, lactate dehydrogenase, creatine-quinase activities were determined. To conclude: (i) the reference values for each parameter were determined for each of the exercise test stages (ii) all the parameters analysed manifested a medium-high heritability and a high repeatability. These results will, in the near future, determine the measuring guidelines for improving the SPB horse's athletic ability on an objective treadmill system and for selecting these animals in response to those parameters.

Keywords

biochemical reference limitshaematological reference limitsheritabilityAndalusian horsetreadmill
Type
Breeding and genetics
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animal , Volume 7 , Issue 9 , September 2013 , pp. 1414 - 1422
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Copyright © The Animal Consortium 2013 

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