TOTAL PROTEIN, ALBUMIN AND GLOBULIN OF HEALTHY DEVELOPING BRAZILIAN SPORT HORSE (BRASILEIRO DE HIPISMO) FILLIES.

Abstract

Three hundred-eighty plasma samples of healthy fillies obtained from 19 animals from birth to 24 months of age were used for the evaluation of total protein, albumin and globulins. Results showed that the mean values for total proteins were minimum soon after birth, followed by a small increase maintained through the first month of life. After 45 days of life there was a progressive increase of the mean values, which were statistically significant at three and between 19 and 21 months of age, when its highest value was documented. Plasma albumin showed maximum value between zero and 4 hours after birth, followed by a small reduction that was significant only at 6 months of age. From this moment on, albumin values showed small oscillations, reaching its minimum value at 20 months of age. A similar pattern to that observed for total protein was seen for plasma globulins, which was associated to the stability of albumin values, therefore allowing affirming that globulins determined the oscillatory behavior of total protein.

KEY-WORDS: Total protein. Albumin. Globulins. Plasma. Brazilian Sport Horte (Brasileiro de Hipismo). Filly.