FV blood group and haemoglobin type versus haematological and blood chemical parameters in young Swiss bulls |
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Authors: | G Stämpfli H P Ittig |
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Institution: | Institut für Tierzucht der Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland;Bundesamt für Statistik, Bern, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | A relationship between the FV blood group phenotype and 4 out of 45 haematological and blood chemical parameters — red cell number, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC), and serum iron — has been demonstrated in young bulls of three Swiss cattle breeds. There was also a relationship between haemoglobin type and 7 out of 45 haematological and blood chemical parameters (haemoglobin concentration, red cell number, MCV, MCHC and red cell concentrations of K+ and Na+ and their sum). In addition to expanding the species in which there is an effect of haemoglobin phenotype on MCV to include cattle, these data also demonstrate a significant correlation between their FV phenotype and MCV. |
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Keywords: | haemoglobin FV system haematological tests Swiss bulls |
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