Effect of iron injections and exercise on some blood parameters and wound bleeding in Iraqi Arabian horses

Abstract EN

Iron is one of the elements which are very important for the performance of the healthy horses.

It play an essential role in the hemopoitic processes.

The study is conducted on (9) Iraqi Arabian horses in the Arabian horses center / Al- Qadisya University.

The goals of the study are to focus on the effect of exercise and iron dextrin on some blood parameters and some wound markers of Iraqi Arabian horses.

The results show high increase of the blood parameters which include in the study, these parameters especially are more when exercise combine with iron injections than iron injections only.