Effect of dietary change from forage to concentrate on acute phase protein, hologram and serum protein electrophoresis in Horse.

Despite extensive studies on the relationship between diet type and its effect on horse biochemical factors, little is known about horse serum and plasma proteins following changes in diet from forage to concentrate. Acute stage proteins are a group of serum proteins whose concentration increases in response to infections, inflammation, trauma, and neoplasia. Material &

in this study, we evaluated the serum levels of serum biomarkers, fibrinogen as well as total protein concentration along with evaluating the nutritional behavior of horses when changing diets. Two different diets (forage (first treatment), mixed forage with concentrate (second treatment) were performed for each horse for fifteen consecutive days.Complete blood count analysis as well as serum levels of fibrinogen, haptoglobin and type A amyloid were measured before and after dietary changes.

Serum fibrinogen, haptoglobin and amyloid A levels increased significantly (p <0.05) in the second treatment group compared to forage and a significant change was observed in the complete blood count results in changing the diet from the first to the second treatment (p <0.05). This can be due to the type of nutrition or acute inflammation caused by a change in the normal flora of the horse's digestive tract in the diet.

These changes can protect horses' bodies from acute inflammatory and traumatic injuries.