China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2021, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (1): 101-108.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2021.01.011

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Effects of Two Kinds of Transport Vehicles on Transport Stress of Donkeys

LIANG Weichao1, ZHANG Fan1, GAO Weiping2, LI Junqiao1, LIU Shaojun1, ZHAO Yingbo1, HE Laizeng1, JIANG Guimiao2, ZHAO Fuwei2, ZHANG Juntao1, DENG Lixin1, ZHANG Zhiping1   

  1. 1. College of Animal Husbandry and Medical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China;
    2. National Research Center of Engineering and Technology of Colloidal Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dong-E-E-Jiao Co., Ltd., Dong'e 252201, China
  • Revised:2020-08-03 Online:2021-01-20 Published:2021-01-15

Abstract: The purpose of this experiment was to study the effect of modifying transport vehicles on alleviating donkey transport stress.28 healthy Dezhou male donkeys were selected and randomly divided into 2 groups,which were transported from Beijing Miyun county to Liaocheng Donge Black Donkey Research Institute.The distance was about 500 km and the transportation lasted 18 h.9.6 m single-deck trucks were used.The modified transport vehicle which had the top floor and bilateral tarpaulins,straw curtain at the bottom and partition in the middle was used in experimental group(T).The untreated vehicle was used in the control group (C).The blood biochemical and hormone indexes were measured,the change of body weight and the number of donkeys infected were counted.The results showed that:Compared with before transportation,the serum indexes of cortisol (COR),albumin (ALB) were significantly higher on the day of landing (P<0.05),total protein (TP),aspartate aminotransferase (AST),heat shock protein-90 (HSP90) and creatine kinase (CK) indexes were extremely significantly increased (P<0.01),calcium (Ca) concentration was significantly decreased (P<0.05) in contron group.Compared with ordinary vehicle group,the indicators such as TP,AST and CK range of variation of the modified vehicle group were lower.The blood glucose (GLU) were increased after landing in both groups compared with before transportation and with no significant difference (P<0.05).Compared with control group,the average body weight change after transportation of the donkeys in modified vehicle group was lightly.On the 10th day after landing,the average weight of the donkeys in modified vehicles was close to that before transportation,while the average weight of the donkeys in control group was basically restored as before transportation on the 20th day after landing.It means that the use of the modified vehicles could significantly promote weight recovery.Statistics of the donkey's morbidity and mortality of the two groups indicated that the incidence of donkeys was 21.4% in control group and 7.1% in modified vehicles.No donkey died in both two groups.The results showed that the transformation of transport vehicle affected the stress of donkeys,which was of great significance to the protection of their health,and could provide reference for increasing animal welfare and reducing economic losses against tranportation stress.

Key words: transport vehicle; donkey; transportation stress

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