Climate change impact on blood haemogram in the horse: a three-year preliminary study
IntroductionThe global climatic changes pose a substantial threat to the well-being and productivity of both humans and animals.MethodsThis study examined the impact of climate changes during different seasons over a 3-year monitoring period (2021–2023) on various blood parameters including, white b...
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| author | Ömer Deniz Francesca Aragona Barbara A. Murphy Kenan Çağrı Tümer Serkan Bozacı Francesco Fazio |
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| description | IntroductionThe global climatic changes pose a substantial threat to the well-being and productivity of both humans and animals.MethodsThis study examined the impact of climate changes during different seasons over a 3-year monitoring period (2021–2023) on various blood parameters including, white blood cells (WBC), neutrophils, basophils, eosinophils, lymphocytes, and monocytes, hematocrit (HCT), hemoglobin (HGB), red blood cells (RBC), platelets (PLT), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), and mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH). The study focused on 25 Thoroughbred mares located in Kastamonu-Türkiye. Thermal and hygrometric parameters, including ambient temperature, relative humidity, and ventilation, were collected. Subsequently, Temperature-Humidity index (THI) was computed. Blood samples were collected on the first day of every month from January 2021 to December 2023 and used for a complete blood count analysis. Between 2021 and 2023, changes in environmental indicators were correlated to changes in hematological parameters.ResultsTwo-way for repeated measures ANOVA revealed a significant seasonal fluctuation (<0.0001) in ambient temperature, relative humidity, and THI. There was a reduction in RBC (<0.01), and MCH (<0.01) every year, HGB (<0.0001) in summer 2021, 2022 and in summer and autumn 2023. HCT (<0.0001), MCV (<0.01), showed decreasing values in autumn 2022 and 2023. MCHC values showed increasing values in July and August 2021, 2022 and in June 2023. WBC levels increased throughout the spring periods of 2021 and 2022. In April 2021, there were elevated levels of lymphocytes and monocytes (<0.0001) respectively.DiscussionThese findings could be helpful to promote the monitoring of physiological status both for the assessment of welfare status and for diagnostic purposes for the evaluation of possible disease outbreaks due to climate change in veterinary medicine. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-68159b4e5fb24fabb5b1fa7eacc6839e2025-08-20T02:38:06ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Veterinary Science2297-17692024-12-011110.3389/fvets.2024.14822681482268Climate change impact on blood haemogram in the horse: a three-year preliminary studyÖmer Deniz0Francesca Aragona1Barbara A. Murphy2Kenan Çağrı Tümer3Serkan Bozacı4Francesco Fazio5Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Clinical Science and Internal Medicine, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, TürkiyeDepartment of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, ItalySchool of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, IrelandFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Clinical Science and Internal Medicine, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, TürkiyeFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Clinical Science and Internal Medicine, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, TürkiyeDepartment of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, ItalyIntroductionThe global climatic changes pose a substantial threat to the well-being and productivity of both humans and animals.MethodsThis study examined the impact of climate changes during different seasons over a 3-year monitoring period (2021–2023) on various blood parameters including, white blood cells (WBC), neutrophils, basophils, eosinophils, lymphocytes, and monocytes, hematocrit (HCT), hemoglobin (HGB), red blood cells (RBC), platelets (PLT), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), and mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH). The study focused on 25 Thoroughbred mares located in Kastamonu-Türkiye. Thermal and hygrometric parameters, including ambient temperature, relative humidity, and ventilation, were collected. Subsequently, Temperature-Humidity index (THI) was computed. Blood samples were collected on the first day of every month from January 2021 to December 2023 and used for a complete blood count analysis. Between 2021 and 2023, changes in environmental indicators were correlated to changes in hematological parameters.ResultsTwo-way for repeated measures ANOVA revealed a significant seasonal fluctuation (<0.0001) in ambient temperature, relative humidity, and THI. There was a reduction in RBC (<0.01), and MCH (<0.01) every year, HGB (<0.0001) in summer 2021, 2022 and in summer and autumn 2023. HCT (<0.0001), MCV (<0.01), showed decreasing values in autumn 2022 and 2023. MCHC values showed increasing values in July and August 2021, 2022 and in June 2023. WBC levels increased throughout the spring periods of 2021 and 2022. In April 2021, there were elevated levels of lymphocytes and monocytes (<0.0001) respectively.DiscussionThese findings could be helpful to promote the monitoring of physiological status both for the assessment of welfare status and for diagnostic purposes for the evaluation of possible disease outbreaks due to climate change in veterinary medicine.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2024.1482268/fullhorsesclimate changeshaemogramseasonal variationshematology |
| spellingShingle | Ömer Deniz Francesca Aragona Barbara A. Murphy Kenan Çağrı Tümer Serkan Bozacı Francesco Fazio Climate change impact on blood haemogram in the horse: a three-year preliminary study Frontiers in Veterinary Science horses climate changes haemogram seasonal variations hematology |
| title | Climate change impact on blood haemogram in the horse: a three-year preliminary study |
| title_full | Climate change impact on blood haemogram in the horse: a three-year preliminary study |
| title_fullStr | Climate change impact on blood haemogram in the horse: a three-year preliminary study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate change impact on blood haemogram in the horse: a three-year preliminary study |
| title_short | Climate change impact on blood haemogram in the horse: a three-year preliminary study |
| title_sort | climate change impact on blood haemogram in the horse a three year preliminary study |
| topic | horses climate changes haemogram seasonal variations hematology |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2024.1482268/full |
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