1. Effect of seasons and sex on the physical, hematological, and blood biochemical parameters of Noma horses
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Yoichi Inoue, Emi Ohzawa, Yutaka Yamada, Hitoshi Kitagawa, Kenichi Shibano, Tetsushi Ono, Keiichi Hisaeda, Takako Shimokawa Miyama, Akihisa Hata, and Eri Iwata
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Future studies ,020209 energy ,Noma horse ,biology.animal_breed ,02 engineering and technology ,Body size ,Noma ,Animal science ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,medicine ,sex ,biology ,Equine ,Eosinophil ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,medicine.disease ,Breed ,Heat stress ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,biology.protein ,hematological and biochemical parameter ,Creatine kinase ,—Note— ,0210 nano-technology ,season - Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the influence of seasons and sex on body size and hematological and biochemistry parameters of Noma horses, a native Japanese breed. Body size was larger in winter than in summer. Laboratory testing variables, including erythrocytic parameters and urea nitrogen, total cholesterol, and creatinine kinase levels, were higher in winter, while the eosinophil count was higher in summer. These seasonal differences may be related to increased energy consumption of horses due to heat stress. The higher eosinophil counts may have been related to the dermatitis observed in summer. Stallions tended to have smaller bodies compared with mares. Future studies are necessary to investigate the effect of stress in seasonal and sex-based groups.
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- 2021
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