Diurnal Variations and Effects of Fasting on Blood Constituents in Minipigs

摘要

We examined the diurnal variations and the effects of 48-hour fasting on hematological and serum biochemical values to obtain basic physiological data on ten male and seven female Gottingen minipigs 6 to 16 months of age. For all hematological parameters examined (RBC, HCT, TGB, WBC and PLT), there was no diurnal variation in either sex, but red blood cell parameters were affected by fasting, with an increase in males and a decrease in females.