Avaliação hematológica e hemoparasitária dos equinos integrantes do 2o Esquadrão de Polícia Montada da Polícia Militar no Município de Caicó / RN.

Abstract

The use of horses in police of Brazil is of great importance in public safety, but there is a dearth of information on hematology. The hematology and research hemoparasites tests are indicators in Veterinary Clinical Pathology, imperceptible changes in the clinical examination horse doctor. Taking into account this information, this study aimed to determine the hematologic profile and search for the presence of hemoparasites in equine members of the 2nd Squadron of Mounted Police in the city of Caicó - RN. In the period February to April 2012, blood samples were taken from 24 horses, divided into two groups according to gender, a total of 12 males and 12 females. From the blood collected was determined the hematocrit, the total number of erythrocytes (He), the hemoglobin (Hb), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), the mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (CAGH) and the number of total leukocytes (Le); segmented neutrophils (NS), basts (NB), eosinophils (E), lymphocytes (L), monocytes (M), basophils (B) total amount of platelets and the presence of hemoparasites. Among the changes cited were the variations in comparison to the reference values of segmented neutrophils, eosinophils, monocytes and platelets of 24 animals in Group I there is disagreement in segmented neutrophils, eosinophils, monocytes and platelets and Group II in CGM, leukocytes , eosinophils, monocytes and platelets. The study show that animals are negative for hemoparasites e the values of hematology are similar to values of literature.