BLOOD VALUES IN ANIMALS OF NATIVE BREEDS IN THE REPUBLIC OF TUVA

Abstract

Results are given from a comparative study of hematological and biochemical parameters of blood in Tuvinian breed of horses, Tuvinian yaks and Tuvinian Short-Fat Tailed sheep. Tuvinian yaks were characterized by the greatest number of leucocytes and high contents of protein, calcium, A and E vitamins in blood. The comparative analysis of findings obtained and the established physiological standards showed 1.9 time increase in the content of phosphorus, 1.4 time increase in alkaline reserve, 6.7 % reduction in the erythrocyte number and 13.8 % reduction in the content of calcium in Tuvinian horses’ blood. In Tuvinian sheep, the content of hemoglobin is 8.8 percent, the number of leucocytes 11.2 percent, cholesterol 1.4 times, phosphorus 1.7 times higher than the standards; the erythrocyte number reduced by 38.4 percent, alkaline reserve by 3.8 percent. The revealed features of interior characteristics in animals of Tuvinian native breeds are conditioned by their all-year-round outdoor keeping under extreme natural-climatic conditions of high-mountain pastures.