Dynamics of hematological parameters during castration of boars on the background of immunocorrection

Abstract

Pig breeding is one of the leading farm industries for the production of meat products. Castration is one of the techniques that help to increase the productivity of animals and regulate the quality of meat (eliminating the “smell of boar meat”). Its disadvantage is the presence of post-castration complications. An effective method of reducing their number is the use of drugs that have an immunotropic effect.

Therefore, we conducted an experiment to find out the effect of one of this drug group representatives (timogen) on the dynamics of hematological parameters during castration of boars.

The data of hematological studies (during the experiment) signified a violation of homeostasis, manifested in the first fourteen days after castration by the development of anemia (a decrease in the number of erythrocytes and hemoglobin) and thrombocytopenia, which (like erythropenia) was recorded against the background of anisocytosis. At the same time, the results, reflecting the picture of white blood, indicated an inflammatory process accompanied by leukocytosis, due to both the absolute and the relative number of lymphocytes, as well as the absolute number of medium-sized cells (MID). On the 30th day of observation, an increase in the number of erythrocytes and hemoglobin relative to the 14th day was noted against the background of a decrease in platelets and leukopenia.

Thus, immunocorrection with a five-day course of timogen made it possible to neutralize the negative effect of surgical intervention on hematopoiesis, which allowed us to avoid sharp fluctuations in the morphological composition of red and white blood.