PMID- 3373630
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19880629
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 0090-3558 (Print)
IS  - 0090-3558 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 2
DP  - 1988 Apr
TI  - Hematologic and blood chemical characteristics of feral horses from three 
      management areas.
PG  - 231-9
AB  - Blood was collected from 486 feral horses of mixed sex and age classes captured 
      from three wild horse management areas in Nevada and Oregon from December 1985 to 
      February 1986. Males were significantly outnumbered by females in the Flanigan 
      area, but both sexes were represented in approximately equal numbers in the 
      Wassuk and Beaty's Butte areas. Hematology and chemistry values averaged 16.4 +/- 
      0.11, 46.3 +/- 0.28, 9.9 +/- 0.07, 6.9 +/- 0.10, 47.1 +/- 0.24, 16.6 +/- 0.09, 
      35.2 +/- 0.09, 10.4 +/- 0.14 and 23.4 +/- 0.25 for hemoglobin (HGB), hematocrit 
      (HCT), red blood cells (RBC), white blood cells (WBC), mean corpuscular volume 
      (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin 
      concentration (MCHC), cortisol (F) and serum urea nitrogen (SUN), respectively. 
      Statistically significant differences in HGB, HCT, RBC, WBC, MCV and MCH levels 
      occurred with respect to age (P less than or equal to 0.001). Serum F levels were 
      lower in immature animals than in either subadult or adults in all areas. 
      Flanigan horses appeared in the poorest condition and had the lowest HGB, HCT and 
      RBC counts while the values for Wassuk horses were significantly higher (P less 
      than or equal to 0.001). Serum F levels were lowest in the Flanigan horses. A 
      significantly lower (P less than or equal to 0.001) proportion of adult mares had 
      progesterone levels consistent with pregnancy in the Flanigan horses versus those 
      from the other two areas. These data are consistent with a subjective evaluation 
      of the condition of the horses.
FAU - Plotka, E D
AU  - Plotka ED
AD  - Marshfield Medical Research Foundation, Inc., Wisconsin 54449.
FAU - Eagle, T C
AU  - Eagle TC
FAU - Gaulke, S J
AU  - Gaulke SJ
FAU - Tester, J R
AU  - Tester JR
FAU - Siniff, D B
AU  - Siniff DB
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - J Wildl Dis
JT  - Journal of wildlife diseases
JID - 0244160
SB  - IM
MH  - Aging/blood/physiology
MH  - Animals
MH  - Animals, Wild/blood
MH  - Blood Chemical Analysis/veterinary
MH  - Corpus Luteum/physiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Hematologic Tests/veterinary
MH  - Horses/*blood
MH  - Male
MH  - Nevada
MH  - Oregon
MH  - Reference Values
EDAT- 1988/04/01 00:00
MHDA- 1988/04/01 00:01
CRDT- 1988/04/01 00:00
PHST- 1988/04/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1988/04/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1988/04/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.7589/0090-3558-24.2.231 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Wildl Dis. 1988 Apr;24(2):231-9. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-24.2.231.