title: Thromboelastometric assessment of hemostasis in newborn Piemontese calves.
abstract: We investigated possible age-related differences in coagulation profiles in bovine species by means of rotational thromboelastometric (ROTEM) analysis. We evaluated hemostasis by ROTEM in newborn Piemontese calves at birth (T0), 8 d (T8), and 15 d (T15) of age and compared the ROTEM results obtained in 16 newborn calves with 28 adult Piemontese cattle. Hemostasis was evaluated using standard coagulation tests and ROTEM analysis, obtaining in-TEM, ex-TEM, and fib-TEM profiles. Statistically significant differences in the ROTEM profiles of newborn calves were found between T0 and T8 and between T0 and T15 ( p < 0.05) but not between T8 and T15. Differences between ROTEM profiles of calves and adults were statistically significant at T0 ( p < 0.05) but no differences were found at T15 ( p < 0.05). Hence, ROTEM reference intervals for adult cattle can be used to evaluate profiles in Piemontese calves ≥8 d of age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy (Borrelli, Botto, Falco, Pagani, Miniscalco, Tarducci, Bruno).|Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Italy (Maurella).
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borrelli
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy (Borrelli, Botto, Falco, Pagani, Miniscalco, Tarducci, Bruno).|Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Italy (Maurella).
authors.forename: Angelica
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Botto
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy (Borrelli, Botto, Falco, Pagani, Miniscalco, Tarducci, Bruno).|Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Italy (Maurella).
authors.forename: Cristiana
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maurella
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy (Borrelli, Botto, Falco, Pagani, Miniscalco, Tarducci, Bruno).|Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Italy (Maurella).
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Falco
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy (Borrelli, Botto, Falco, Pagani, Miniscalco, Tarducci, Bruno).|Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Italy (Maurella).
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pagani
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy (Borrelli, Botto, Falco, Pagani, Miniscalco, Tarducci, Bruno).|Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Italy (Maurella).
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Miniscalco
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy (Borrelli, Botto, Falco, Pagani, Miniscalco, Tarducci, Bruno).|Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Italy (Maurella).
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tarducci
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy (Borrelli, Botto, Falco, Pagani, Miniscalco, Tarducci, Bruno).|Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Italy (Maurella).
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bruno
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001777:Blood Coagulation; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D002417:Cattle / Q000097:blood*; D006487:Hemostasis; D012016:Reference Values; D013916:Thrombelastography / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: Italy; Piemontese cattle; thromboelastometry; veal calves