MORPHOPHYSIOLOGICAL STATUS OF SIMMENTAL BREED CATTLE IN YAKUTIA

The authors argue the impact of environmental stress factors on physiological status of Simmental cattle of local selection, adapted to conditions of breeding in Arctic zone, characterized by weak forage base and unfavorable extreme natural conditions. They found out the total number of red blood cells and the level of hemoglobulin in the investigated animals in the peripheral blood is 14.55% lower than the standard values on the average. The granulocyte concentration in the leukocyte formula exceeds the standard by 1.2%. The level of total protein in the blood serum is significantly higher than the standard one: in calves - by 38.01, in cows - by 17% (P0.001). In peripheral blood, dysproteinemia is observed in the animals. The impact of environmental stress factors on neutrophil opsonophagocytic reaction (ORP) parameters, such as phagocytic activity of neutrophils (FA), phagocytic number (FN), phagocytic index (PI), in vitro, has been determined. The greatest growth of phagocytic activity was observed in the winter stable period, which exceeded the physiological standard by 5.99%. The FA is relatively high in other seasons and corresponds to the upper limit values of the multiyear average. When studying the qualitative characteristics of microphages - phagocytic number - it was revealed that the maximum values are observed in cows in winter-spring period (10,3±1,6 and 10,0±0,7 m.t.), and the minimum - in summer (7,9±0,9 m.t.). When estimating the phagocytic index in the opsonophagocytic reaction, the authors revealed the profound growth of PI values in winter (8.1±1.4 m.t.), which is 34.56% higher than in summer. The data obtained confirm the severity of the impact of environmental conditions, in particular, seasonal changes that play specific role in the adaptive response and in the preservation of the overall organism resistance.

local simmental breed, the number of erythrocytes, hemoglobulin, protein and protein fractions, extreme environmental conditions, ingestion rate, phagocytic number, phagocytic index

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