title: FV blood group and haemoglobin type versus haematological and blood chemical parameters in young Swiss bulls.
abstract: A relationship between the FV blood group phenotype and 4 out of 45 haematological and blood chemical parameters--red cell number, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC), and serum iron--has been demonstrated in young bulls of three Swiss cattle breeds. There was also a relationship between haemoglobin type and 7 out of 45 haematological and blood chemical parameters (haemoglobin concentration, red cell number, MCV, MCHC and red cell concentrations of K+ and Na+ and their sum). In addition to expanding the species in which there is an effect of haemoglobin phenotype on MCV to include cattle, these data also demonstrate a significant correlation between their FV phenotype and MCV.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001789:Blood Group Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D002417:Cattle / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D004911:Erythrocyte Volume; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000235:genetics*; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D006454:Hemoglobins; D012964:Sodium; D007501:Iron; D011188:Potassium