When an outbreak of anaemia infectiasa equarum (swamp fever)
occurred among purebred Arabian horses at the Sultansuyu Govern
ment Breeding Station in Turkey, aresearch committee investigatcd
the disease. As .a memlber oifthis committee, the author was responI
S1bıe for hematological studies of the affected an:mals. At 'the same
time the hematological studies were made in ten nomnal one-year-old
purebred Arabians, oıf which the results are being reported in this
paper.
it is the custom of the author -when studying the heomatologyof
any disease - to obtain data fm:n normal animals Ü'fco:mparable ages
and breeding whioh are kept under coımpareblecond:tions in the same
area in order to have data for comparison withthe findings in the
diseased animals. Jennings (11) stated that the results of his work
on the peripheraL.ıbloodpicture' in some diseases of animals. indicated
that a series of examinations of diseased animals tüıgether with representative samples from the herd would be necessary before clearcut opinions could be expresEed
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Veterinary Surgery |
Journal Section | Research Article |
Authors | |
Publication Date | January 1, 1958 |
Published in Issue | Year 1958 |