Study of some blood characteristics and biochemical of Hamdani ewes during late pregnancy and after birth

Sh. S. Al-Dabbagh, A.; A. H. Al-Marzani, E.

	Study of some blood characteristics and biochemical of Hamdani ewes during late pregnancy and after birth
Al-Anbar Journal of Veterinary Sciences
Article 1, Volume 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 55-62 PDF (115.02 K)
Authors
A. Sh. S. Al-Dabbagh; E. A. H. Al-Marzani
Abstract
Experiment was conducted on 15 Hamdani ewes (aged 2.5- 3.5 years) in the field of Grdarasha in the College of Agriculture University of Salahaddin- Erbil, to study the changes of some blood characteristics and biochemical during late pregnancy and after birth (the first month of Suckling) with the effect of type and sex of birth on those traits. The results indicated that their were change of these blood characteristics and biochemical during those periods where there was a difference highly significantly (P≤0.01) in the number of White blood cells (WBC), Red blood cells (RBC) and the amount of hemoglobin (Hb) and the decrease is evident in the first month of suckling period, but there were not significant differences in the proportion of cell volume of blood (PCV). As for the biochemical characteristics there was a highly significantly difference (P≤0.01) during these periods and increase in the proportion of blood sugar, cholesterol and total protein in the first month of suckling period. As indicated in the results of this experiment on the existence of highly significantly effect (P≤0.01) for sex of birth on hemoglobin (g100 ml) and the superiority of ewes birth for males on females, but did not show significantly effect on the type of birth. As for the biochemical characteristics have shown, the effect of type of birth was not significant, but the effect of sex was significant (P≤0.05) on cholesterol (mg 100 ml) and highly significantly (P≤0.01) on total protein (g 100 ml).

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