@article{2367,
  author = {B Reinprecht and S Hackl and R Reisinger and M Zickl and J Spona and C Stanek and J Zentek},
  title = {Metabolie and clinical traits in horses undergoing feed deprivation for elective orthopaedic surgery},
  abstract = {The objeetive of this study was to investigate some metabolic and clinical effects of feed deprivation in horses that were submitted for orthopaedic surgery. The effects of preoperative feed restriction were investigated in 20 horses submitted for elective orthopaedic surgery.The patients were fasted from 12 hours before until 4 hours after surgery.Serum free amino aeids, glucose, free fatty aeids (FFA), white blood cell counts, creatine kinase (CK) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) were determined 24 hours before surgery 2 hours after the end of anaesthesia and 24 and 72 hours after surgery. Besides, abdominal sounds,appetite, faecal guality and body tempe-rature were examined.Serum free amino aeids did not react homogenously concentrations were partly increasing or decreasing. Plasma glucose and FFA increased after surgery and retur-ned to their preoperative levels 72 hours after surgery. A significant rise of the seg-mented granulocytes oecurred 24 hours after surgery all other parameters of the leukogram did not exceed the physiological ränge. AST reached its highest activity 24 hours after surgery whereas CKactivities were highest at 2 hours after surgery. Abdominal sounds were significantly reduced until 24 hours after surgery however, appetite was not depressed. Faecal guality was physiological after surgery. Mean body temperature stayed within the physiological ränge. In conclusion,a relatively short perioperative fasting period had significant effects on the metabolic traits in horses, however the effects on physiological funetions were minor.The conseguences of major surgical procedures need to be addres-sed in future studies.},
  year = {2007},
  journal = {Berliner und Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift},
  volume = {120},
  pages = {134-140},
  month = {03/2007},
  publisher = {Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG},
  address = {Hannover},
  issn = {0005-9366},
  doi = {10.2376/0005-9366-120-134},
  language = {English},
}