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VETERINARY JOURNAL
Volume 183, Issue 2, Pages 217-218Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2008.09.018
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Horse; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen metabolites (d-ROMs) test; Biological antioxidant potential (BAP) test; Free radical analytical system (FRAS4)
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Increasing interest in the role of oxidative stress (OS) in equine medicine has highlighted the need to develop reliable methods to quantify it. In this study we describe the effect of refrigeration (at 4 degrees C) on the stability of the reactive oxygen metabolites (d-RCMs) and biological antioxidant potential (BAP) tests carried out on 15 healthy horses. Blood samples, collected from the jugular vein, were immediately placed on ice and analysed using both the d-RCMs and BAP tests. Samples were also refrigerated at 4 degrees C and tested after 3, 7 and 24 h. The average results were similar for up to 24 h and minimal variations were found for each horse. The findings suggest that refrigeration is suitable for preserving equine blood samples for these assays and this approach will provide veterinarians with a technically simple, reliable test to measure OS under held conditions. Crown Copyright (C) 2008 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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