HAEMATOLOGY CHANGES DURING THE IMMUNIZATION AND AFTER THE BLEEDING AND PHASMAFERESE IN HORSES USED FOR HYPERIMUNE ANTI-CROTALIC SERUM PRODUCTION

Authors

  • Andrea Cristina Parra USP
  • Juarez Pinto Fernandes Távora
  • Ronaldo Azevedo Ferreira
  • Patrícia Stocco Betiol
  • Eduardo Harry Birgel

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v10i4.3264

Keywords:

Horse clinical

Abstract

Twenty animals were used to assess the blood profile of horses during immunization for anticrotalic hyperimmune serum production and after the bleedings and the plasmapherese, according to the protocol schedule of Instituto Butantan in order to evaluate efficacy of plasmapheresis. The samples were obtained before the antigen inoculations (crotalic venon), before and after the bleedings, right after the plasmapherese and 15, 30 and 45 days after the last one, making a total of 340 collections in 17 moments. Samples were submitted to hemogram. Significant variations were observed on the blood profile of the horses throughout the immunization, showing normocytic, normochromic anemia, without significant alterations on leukogram. During the bleedings phases, evident variations were observed on the blood profile showing normocytic normochromic anemia after bleeding without changing the leukogram values. During rest periods, the efficacy of plasmapheresis was evident with a rapid, partial recovery of hemogram, making easier the fast return to hematologic normality, making them capable to a new hyperimmune serum production.KEY WORDS: Anticrotalic, equine, hematology, immunization, plasmapherese.

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Author Biography

Andrea Cristina Parra, USP

Pos graduação (doutoranda) em Clinica Médica da FMVZ -USP

Published

2009-12-19

How to Cite

PARRA, A. C.; TÁVORA, J. P. F.; FERREIRA, R. A.; BETIOL, P. S.; BIRGEL, E. H. HAEMATOLOGY CHANGES DURING THE IMMUNIZATION AND AFTER THE BLEEDING AND PHASMAFERESE IN HORSES USED FOR HYPERIMUNE ANTI-CROTALIC SERUM PRODUCTION. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 10, n. 4, p. 1225–1230, 2009. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v10i4.3264. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/3264. Acesso em: 25 dec. 2024.

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Veterinary Medicine

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