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Pycnogenol® supplementation improved the erythrocyte stability of packed donkeys during the late hot-dry season in Zaria, Nigeria
Pycnogenol® supplementation improved the erythrocyte stability of packed donkeys during the late hot-dry season in Zaria, Nigeria
- Source :
- Comparative Clinical Pathology. 28:281-286
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018.
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Abstract
- The aim of this study was to determine the effect of pycnogenol® (PYC) on erythrocyte stability of donkeys subjected to packing during the late hot-dry season. Ten donkeys, divided into two groups, served as experimental subjects. P-PYC group (n = 5) was subjected to packing only, while P+PYC group (n = 5) was administered with PYC (10 mg/kg) and subjected to packing. Erythrocytes obtained from each animal in the experimental groups were added into saline solution of different concentrations (0.9, 0.6, 0.4. 0.2, and 0.0 g/100 ml). Erythrocyte osmotic fragility index (EOFI) was evaluated spectrophotometrically. The concentration of isoprostane was also determined. The mean EOFI was significantly (P 0.05) difference in the MCF recorded in both groups, before, after, 3, and 7 days after packing. Percentage erythrocyte stability was significantly higher (P
- Subjects :
- Isoprostane
Chemistry
medicine.medical_treatment
0402 animal and dairy science
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Saline water
040201 dairy & animal science
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
Animal science
Dry season
medicine
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
Anatomy
Saline
Erythrocyte osmotic fragility
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1618565X and 16185641
- Volume :
- 28
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Comparative Clinical Pathology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........69c8a56bb29af592840783355869157d
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-018-2826-y