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THE INFLUENCE OF DEGREE OF EXCITATION ON CERTAIN BLOOD CONSTITUENTS IN BEEF CATTLE
Author(s) -
Gartner RJW,
Ryley JW,
Beattie AW
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
australian journal of experimental biology and medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1440-1711
pISSN - 0004-945X
DOI - 10.1038/icb.1965.56
Subject(s) - albumin , calcium , globulin , chemistry , medicine , sodium , endocrinology , blood proteins , venipuncture , potassium , whole blood , serum albumin , red cell , zoology , biochemistry , biology , anesthesia , organic chemistry
Summary The effect of varying degrees of excitation, administration of chlopromazine hydrochloride, and splenectomy on a number of blood constituents was examined in cattle. The mean values obtained for most blood constituents in the tranquillized animal were significantly lower than those obtained in the non‐tranquillized animal, In the intact animal and in the splenectomized, non‐tranquillized animal, the values obtained at rest for haemoglobin, haematocrit, and red cell count were significantly lower than those recorded following standard bleeding procedure. The differences were much less in the splenectomized than in the intact animals. It was only in splenectomized animals which had been tranquillized that there were no significant changes in most blood constituents following either excitement or exercise. The resting levels of plasma potassium, blood and plasma phosphorus, and serum total protein, albumin, and globulin in both intact and splenectomized animals were significantly lower than those obtained at venipuncture. Levels increased above the resting value as the degree of stimulation increased. The degree of excitation had little effect on the calcium and magnesium levels in serum, and there was no consistent pattern in the changes recorded for plasma chloride and sodium. For any degree of excitation, values were higher in intact compared with splenectomized animals in blood and plasma inorganic phosphorus, plasma chloride, and sodium, and serum calcium, magnesium, and globulin, whereas values for serum albumin were consistently lower.