VALUES OF ENERGETIC, PROTEIC AND HEPATIC SERUM PROFILES IN NEONATAL FOALS OF THE MARTINA FRANCA DONKEY BREED
Angela Gabriella D’Alessandro1, Donato Casamassima2, Marisa Palazzo2, Felicita Jirillo3, Emilio Jirillo4, Giovanni Martemucci1
1Department PRO.GE.S.A., University of Bari, Italy
2Department S.A.V.A., University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
3Department MIDIM, University of Bari, Italy
4National Institute of Gastroenterology, Castellana Grotte, Bari, Italy
dalex@agr.uniba.it
The study aimed to investigate in neonatal donkey foals some serum parameters of the energetic (glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides) and proteic (total proteins, urea, albumine, creatinine) metabolism, and hepatic profile (GOT, GGT, alkaline phosphatase, AP, total bilirubin, GPT, LDH), at 12, 36, 60, 84, 108 hrs and 11 days after birth. The research concerned 10 donkey foals of the Martina Franca breed reared under natural conditions in Southern Italy. All foals, in good health conditions during the study, suckled regularly colostrum/milk from their mothers and were handled carefully. Blood was drawn in the morning from the jugular vein. Serum urea creatinine GPT and AP levels varied (0.05 > P < 0.01) with the age of the foals. Within the proteic profile, urea and creatinin levels were higher (0.05 > P < 0.01) at 12 hours after birth, as well as AP (0.05 > P < 0.01) and GPT (P < 0.05) within the hepatic profile. No differences were found for the energetic serum parameters. Significant correlations (0.05 > P < 0.01) were found between all the biochemical metabolities. The present study gives the first reference ranges for serum biochemical concentrations in the authochtonous Martina Franca donkey breed during the neonatal period, constituting basic knowledge for the husbandry system and welfare of foals.
Keywords: donkey; Martina Franca breed; serum profiles; neonatal period
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