Hemoglobin, hematocrit, lactates and glucose in blood of fattening pigs in the course of slaughering and snout loop fixation

Blood was sampled from fattening pigs fixed with the snout loop in the pen as well as during slaughter after control or container transport. Assays were made of haemoglobin (Hb), haematocrit (Hk), glucose concentration (PG), and lactic acid (MS) in the plasma. The mean values and standard deviations of Hb and Hk were 13.97 +/- 1.14 g/100 ml, 48.36 +/- 3.67 per cent, 15.24 +/- 1.12 g/100 ml, 49.83 +/- 4.04 per cent, 15.32 +/- 1.23 g of 100 ml, and 51.08 +/- 3.73 per cent. The means values of PG were between 51 and 101 mg of 100 ml and those of MS between 8 and 16 mMol/l.