Rectal temperature responses of donkeys administered with ascorbic acid and subjected to load carrying (packing) during the harmattan season in Nigeria.

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dc.contributor.authorOlaifa, Folashade
dc.contributor.authorAyo, Joseph Olusegun
dc.contributor.authorAmbali, Suleiman Folorunsho
dc.contributor.authorMinka, Ndazo Salka
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-10T10:58:45Z
dc.date.available2020-02-10T10:58:45Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionNILen_US
dc.description.abstractThe aim of the experiment was to evaluate the effect of 4-h load carrying (packing) on donkeys administered with ascorbic acid (AA) during the harmattan season. Six donkeys administered orally with ascorbic acid (200 mg/kg) and subjected to packing served as experimental animals, while six others given only distilled water served as control animals. The rectal temperature (RT) of each donkey and dry-bulb temperature (DBT) and relative humidity (RH) of the research pen were recorded at 0600 hours pre-packing; while post-packing, the values were obtained at 1430, 1600 and 1800 hours. The DBT values (ranges) recorded before, during and after packing were 13.7±1.3 °C (11–15 °C), 28.4±1.0 °C (22.7–30.3 °C) and 30.6±3.0 °C (19.8–45 °C), respectively. The highest temperature– humidity index (THI) of 83.4±6.9 was obtained at 1430 hours after packing, and the value decreased to 64.2± 5.8 at 1800 hours. The thermal environmental conditions were outside the thermoneutral zone for the donkeys. The RT values recorded immediately after packing did not differ (P>0.05) in experimental and control donkeys; but at 1600and 1800 hours, values obtained in control donkeys (38.48± 0.12 and 38.12±0.12 °C, respectively) were significantly higher (P<0.05) than those recorded in experimental donkeys (38.16±0.14 and 37.85±0.14 °C, respectively). In conclusion, administration of ascorbic acid reduced the rise in RT due to packing and may be of value in the amelioration of adverse effects of heat stress associated with work in donkeys.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNILen_US
dc.identifier.citation9en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI 10.1007/s11250-012-0242-x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3644
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer-Verlagen_US
dc.subjectRectal temperature .en_US
dc.subjectAscorbic acid .en_US
dc.subjectLoad carrying .en_US
dc.subjectHarmattan seasonen_US
dc.subjectHarmattan seasonen_US
dc.titleRectal temperature responses of donkeys administered with ascorbic acid and subjected to load carrying (packing) during the harmattan season in Nigeria.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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