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Effect of feeding peanut on cellular immunity and hematological profiles in non-reproductive female striped hamsters (Cricetulus barabensis)

  • YU Yi ,
  • ZHAO Mingxing ,
  • WANG Yuhui ,
  • ZHANG Xueying ,
  • XU Deli ,
  • WANG Dehua
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  • 1. School of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, China;
    2. State Key Lab of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodent, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;
    3. School of Life Sciences, Shangdong University, Qingdao 266237, China

Received date: 2021-09-02

  Revised date: 2021-12-14

  Online published: 2021-12-14

Abstract

Food quantity and quality are important factors that affect animals'immunity. Would wild animals select the food advantageous to their health when they are faced with different foods? To solve this question, striped hamsters (Cricetulus barabensis) were fed with their favorite peanut (Arachis hypogaea), and then cellular immunity and hematological parameters indicative of health status were measured. Thirty adult female non-reproductive hamsters were randomly grouped into the normal fodder group (NF, n=10), the normal fodder plus peanuts group (NP, n=10), and the peanut group (Peanut, n=10). The feeding period lasted for 39 days. Feeding peanuts increased body mass in the Peanut group, while decreased food intake in the NP and Peanut groups. Phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) response after 12 h of PHA injection in the NP group was higher than that in the NF group. The number of white blood cells (WBC) and lymphocytes (LYMP) did not differ among the three groups. However, WBC in the NP and Peanut groups was 22. 9% and 25. 0% higher than that the NF group, respectively, and LYMP in the NP and Peanut groups was 15. 0% and 22. 5% higher than that the NF group, respectively. Red blood cell count and its specific volume (PCV) in the NP and Peanut groups were higher than that in the NF group. The number of platelets in the Peanut group was higher than in the NP and Peanut groups. Collectively, these results indicate that feeding peanuts could enhance cellular immunity, the oxygen-carrying capacity of red blood cells and blood clotting capacity, which may be the physiological reason for the striped hamster to select peanuts as its favorite food.

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YU Yi , ZHAO Mingxing , WANG Yuhui , ZHANG Xueying , XU Deli , WANG Dehua . Effect of feeding peanut on cellular immunity and hematological profiles in non-reproductive female striped hamsters (Cricetulus barabensis)[J]. ACTA THERIOLOGICA SINICA, 2022 , 42(3) : 286 -294 . DOI: 10.16829/j.slxb.150606

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