Establishment of Hy-Line commercial laying hen whole blood gas and biochemistry reference intervals utilizing portable i-STAT1 clinical analyzer
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The Department of Animal Science originally concerned itself with teaching the selection, breeding, feeding and care of livestock. Today it continues this study of the symbiotic relationship between animals and humans, with practical focuses on agribusiness, science, and animal management.
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The Department of Animal Husbandry was established in 1898. The name of the department was changed to the Department of Animal Science in 1962. The Department of Poultry Science was merged into the department in 1971.
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Blood gas and biochemistry reference intervals were established for 3 genetically distinct commercial varieties (CVs) of Hy-Line laying hens: 2 brown-egg layers (Hy-Line Brown, Hy-Line Silver Brown) and a tint-egg layer (Hy-Line Sonia) utilizing the i-STAT1 analyzer. Each respective variety of laying hen was sampled on a replicate cycle of 2 wk for a total of 6 replicates (35 to 46 wk of age). Blood samples were obtained in the production house from the brachial vein, and subsequently analyzed by the i-STAT1 portable device. i-STAT1 clinical analyzer reports blood gas and biochemistry values for the following parameters: pH, partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pvCO2, mm Hg), partial pressure of oxygen (pvO2, mm Hg), bicarbonate (HCO3, mmol/L), base excess (BE, mmol/L), saturation of oxygen on hemoglobin (sO2%), glucose (Glu, mg/dL), sodium (Na, mmol/L), potassium (K, mmol/L), total concentration of carbon dioxide (TCO2, mmol/L), ionized calcium (iCa, mmol/L), hematocrit (Hct % packed cell volume [PCV]), hemoglobin (Hb, g/dL). A total of 1,800 individual hen i-STAT1 records were utilized in the establishment of reference interval values for the 13 parameters between the 3 CVs. Statistical analysis via ANOVA and Tukey's test revealed significant line differences for all 13 blood gas and chemistry parameters measured, with particularly interesting results in iCa. The blood gas and chemistry parameters collected in this study will serve as reference intervals to set the framework for potential future correlations to genetic markers, physiological abnormalities, and production performance.
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This article is published as Sauer, Z. C., K. Taylor, A. Wolc, A. Viall, N. O’Sullivan, J. E. Fulton, I. Rubinoff, T. Schaal, and Y. Sato. "Establishment of Hy-Line commercial laying hen whole blood gas and biochemistry reference intervals utilizing portable i-STAT1 clinical analyzer." Poultry science 98, no. 6 (2019): 2354-2359. doi: 10.3382/ps/pey600.