Aspectos fisiológicos e laboratoriais de equinos e asininos de tração no município de Patos, Paraíba, Brasil.

Abstract

The creation of equines (horses, mules and donkeys) has great importance in Northeast Brazil. The use of draft animals is a set of essential activities for carters through rent and chartering commercial enterprises and the general population, and often their only source of income. The lack of technical knowledge of the carters to properly treat their pets is evident through the inadequate management aimed to assess the degree of commitment to health and well being of traction horses in the city of Patos-Paraiba. Thirty-six horses that develop traction activity in the city were evaluated for species (donkeys and horses) and the period (dry and wet). At each stage of the experiment was performed analyzing the physiological parameters as well as haematological and biochemical analysis. Regarding the physiological aspects only the rectal temperature of the animals had positive interaction by weather station; 47% of the animals showed poor body condition. The erythrogram of donkeys remained within the proposed reference range while 22.2% horses had hypochromic normocytic anemia. The presence of eosinophils in the group of donkeys in both dry and rainy seasons were above the reference range. GGT increased by two periods in both the dry and rainy to asses while the horses only 16.7%. In markers related muscle injury, CK and LDH, All animals evaluated showed significant increase justifying frame myopathies.