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- Title
Changes in Serum Amyloid A (SAA) Concentration in Arabian Endurance Horses During First Training Season.
- Authors
Witkowska-Piłaszewicz, Olga; Bąska, Piotr; Czopowicz, Michał; Żmigrodzka, Magdalena; Szczepaniak, Jarosław; Szarska, Ewa; Winnicka, Anna; Cywińska, Anna
- Abstract
Sport training leads to adaptation to physical effort that is reflected by the changes in blood parameters. In equine endurance athletes, blood testing is accepted as a support in training, however, only the changes before versus after exercise in creatine phosphokinase activity (CPK) and basic blood parameters are usually measured. This study is the first longitudinal investigation of the changes in routinely measured blood parameters and, additionally, serum amyloid A (SAA), during seven months, in Arabian horses introduced to endurance training and competing in events for young horses. It has been determined that CPK, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), packed cell volume (PCV), hemoglobin concentration, red blood cell count (RBC), and concentration of total serum protein (TSP) slightly increased after training sessions and competitions in similar manner. The increase in white blood cell (WBC) count was higher after competitions and SAA increased only after competitions. Total protein concentration was the only parameter that increased with training during a 7-month program. SAA indicated only in the case of heavy effort, and, it thus may be helpful in the monitoring of training in young horses. In an optimal program, its concentration should not increase after a training session but only after heavy effort, which should not be repeated too often.
- Subjects
ARABIAN horses; HORSE training; BLOOD cell count; BLOOD proteins; ERYTHROCYTES; LEUCOCYTES
- Publication
Animals (2076-2615), 2019, Vol 9, Issue 6, p330
- ISSN
2076-2615
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ani9060330