Soroko Maria, Górniak Wanda, Zielińska Paulina, Górniak Aleksander, Śniegucka Karolina, Nawrot Karolina, Korczyński Mariusz
Institute of Animal Breeding, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chelmonskiego 38C, 51-630 Wroclaw, Poland.
Department of Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Faculty, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Na Grobli 13, 50-421 Wroclaw, Poland.
Animals (Basel). 2022 Apr 25;12(9):1106. doi: 10.3390/ani12091106.
Shiitake mushrooms have been highly regarded as possessing enormous nutritive and medicinal values. No clinical studies have yet investigated the effect of shitake supplementation on the health of horses. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of shiitake mushroom supplementation on the morphological and biochemical blood properties in horses. A total of 17 adult horses were divided into two groups: supplemented and control. The supplemented group was fed 60 g of shiitake mushrooms per day for 5 months. Blood samples were collected in five sessions. Blood morphological analysis showed higher levels of lymphocytes in session 3 and monocytes in session 4 in the supplemented group. In addition, basophils, hemoglobin, and hematocrit were elevated compared to the control group. Biochemical analysis showed that the shiitake mushrooms affected a large number of parameters. In particular, alkaline phosphatase was found to be the most sensitive to shitake mushroom supplementation, for which the statistical differences were significant for sessions 2, 4, and 5. Furthermore, calcium was found to be affected by supplementation only in session 4, and gamma-glutamyl transferase in session 2. In addition, the bilirubin and glucose levels were lower in the supplemented group, and the albumin/globulin ratio was higher compared to the control group. The differences between the supplement and the control group in various sessions suggest that shiitake mushrooms are a beneficial nutritional supplement for horses.
香菇一直被高度认为具有巨大的营养和药用价值。尚无临床研究调查补充香菇对马健康的影响。本研究的目的是评估补充香菇对马血液形态和生化特性的影响。总共17匹成年马被分为两组:补充组和对照组。补充组每天喂食60克香菇,持续5个月。分五次采集血样。血液形态分析显示,补充组在第3次采样时淋巴细胞水平较高,在第4次采样时单核细胞水平较高。此外,与对照组相比,嗜碱性粒细胞、血红蛋白和血细胞比容有所升高。生化分析表明,香菇影响了大量参数。特别是,发现碱性磷酸酶对补充香菇最为敏感,在第2、4和5次采样时其统计差异显著。此外,仅在第4次采样时发现钙受补充影响,在第2次采样时γ-谷氨酰转移酶受影响。此外,补充组的胆红素和葡萄糖水平较低,与对照组相比,白蛋白/球蛋白比值较高。补充组和对照组在不同采样时的差异表明,香菇是马有益的营养补充剂。