Note on the total serum cholesterol level in the throughbred

Abstract

The total cholesterol was determined in 20 throughbred horses, with an average of 101.9 ± 7.06 mg/100 ml of serum. When compared with other published data, the results are considered low. As a matter of conjecture and in order to justify the values disclosed, some tentative explanations are offered concerning mainly the breed as well as the high level of indirect bilirubin present in the serum of horses, during the training period at the Jockey Club of São Paulo, Brazil.