Biochemical and haematological profile of donkeys in the Czech and Slovak Republics: influence of age and sex

Sedlinská, Markéta; Horáčková, Eliška; Vyvial, Michal; Mráčková, Miroslava; Jánová, Eva

doi:10.2754/avb201786020151

Acta Veterinaria > Archive > 2017, Vol. 86 > Issue 2 > Biochemical and haematological profile…

Acta Vet. Brno 2017, 86: 151-157

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201786020151

Biochemical and haematological profile of donkeys in the Czech and Slovak Republics: influence of age and sex

Markéta Sedlinská¹, Eliška Horáčková¹, Michal Vyvial¹, Miroslava Mráčková¹, Eva Jánová²

¹University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Equine Clinic, Brno, Czech Republic
²University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Animal Genetics, Central European Institute of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

Received December 5, 2016
Accepted May 31, 2017

The aim of this study was to evaluate the importance of taking into account the age and sex of the donkeys while assessing individual haematological and biochemical variables. Material used for the study were blood samples collected from 112 clinically healthy donkeys (37 males and 75 females) aged from 05 to 30 years old. Selected haematological and biochemical variables were examined and the influence of sex and age was analyzed by multivariate analysis. Significant differences were found in some of biochemical and haematological variables between groups. The results of this study can be useful for appropriate clinical interpretation of laboratory results in donkeys.