Contribution for the establishment of reference values for red blood cells, leucocytes, platelets and serum biochemical characteristics on blood serum of health mules in Itaja region, Goias, Brazil.

• Grant number: 09/14548-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: November 01, 2009
• End date: October 31, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Animal Clinics and Surgery
• Principal Investigator: Áureo Evangelista Santana
• Grantee: Guilherme Silveira Rocha
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Due to the lack of information regarding to the normal range of red blood cells, leucocytes, platelets and serum biochemical characteristics in mules, adults, male or female, health and developing work activities in support of livestock, this study has the goal to establish references values of blood cells and serum biochemical for these hybrids in an attempt to facilitate the practice of diagnostic support in aid to clinical diagnosis of many disease that may affect the mules.