Immunobiochemical parameters of maral blood in the Republic of Тuvа

The results of the study of hematological and biochemical blood parameters of Altai-Sayan breed of marals are presented. Blood parameters of 5–6 year-old stag marals brought from the Altai Republic in 2014–2015 and currently bred in the Republic of Tuva were studied. Content of total protein in blood was lower than the established standard indicators for maral blood by 12.8%, albumin by 51.5, betaglobulin by 72.4, and cholesterol by 59.5%. The following indicators exceeded the standard: number of leukocytes – by 40.4%, alpha-globulins – by 21.0%, gamma-globulins – 2.1 times, AcAt – by 6.8%, glucose – by 16.4%. The average IgA content in the blood of the studied animals was 0.022 mg/ml, IgG – 0.039, IgM – 0.020 mg/ml. A weak negative correlation was found between the content of IgG and the number of leukocytes (r = –0.38), as well as an average positive correlation between the level of IgA and the concentration of urea in the blood (r = 0.47). In the study of the phagocytic system of stag marals of the Tuvan population, the values of phagocytic activity were established at the level of 25.4 ± 0.29, the phagocytic index – 4.33 ± 0.09, and the phagocytic number – 1.03 ± 0.03. The revealed interconnections of the hematological, biochemical and immunological parameters of blood of stag marals brought from the Altai Republic and kept in the Republic of Tuva differ both in strength and in direction. Average negative correlations amounted to 41.9% of the total, average positive – 38.7, high positive – 12.9, high negative – 6.5%. Differences in the morphological and immunobiochemical composition of the blood of marals bred in the conditions of the Republic of Tuva from standard indicators are the result of optimal adaptation to the living conditions.