Clinical, hematological with some biochemical study of acute laminitis in drought horses in Basrah

Abstract EN

Clinical sings, hematology and some biochemical changes have been investigated in local breed drought horse affected with acute laminitis in Basrah-Iraq .The study were conducted on 55 local breed drought horse 2-10 years old and from both sexes, from these, Forty local breed drought horses show sings of acute laminitis and 15 clinically healthy local breed drought horses served as control.

Results showed that diseased animals exhibited different clinical sings include loss of appetite, pain on palpation around the coronet, abnormal standing position with shuffling gait during standing , increase pulse in the palmar digital artery, sweating and anxiety were more prominent, more over body temperature, respiratory and heart rate were also increased . The results indicated no significant increase in RBC count and Hb while the results indicated significant increase in PCV, ESR and fibrinogen in diseased horses affected with acute laminitis.

The results also indicated a significant increase in WBC as a result of significant increase neutrophils.

Biochemical changes revealed significant increase in AST, ALT, ALP and total bilirubin, however significant increase in cholesterol were also encountered in affected horses with acute laminitis