Endo Y, Hobo S, Korosue K, Ootsuka K, Kitauchi A, Kikkawa R, Hidaka Y, Hagio M, Tsuzuki N. Effects of low-dose G-CSF formulation on hematology in healthy horses after long-distance transportation.
J Vet Med Sci 2015;
77:507-9. [PMID:
25648988 PMCID:
PMC4427757 DOI:
10.1292/jvms.14-0586]
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Abstract
The present study evaluated the effects of single-dose filgrastim on hematology in 16
healthy horses after long-distance transportation. Horses were assigned to receive
filgrastim (0.23 µg/kg, SC, once; G-CSF group; n=8) or saline (0.9% NaCl)
solution (0.3 ml, SC, once; control group; n=8) ≤ 1 hr before
transportation. Horses were transported 2,530 km using commercial vans over the course of
approximately 44 hr. Clinical examinations and hematologic analyses were performed on all
horses before and after transportation. Because the post-transportation white blood cell
counts and bacillary neutrophil to segmented neutrophil ratio were significantly higher in
the G-CSF group, filgrastim may have promoted the mobilization of neutrophils from marrow.
Filgrastim deserves a further study for efficacy in preventing horse shipping fever.
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