[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "PHYSIOLOGICAL SERUM CHEMISTRY VARIABLES AND BRIX% FOR ASSESSING STATUS OF PASSIVE TRANSFER IN GOAT KIDS",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Lashari",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Farooq2",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Idris",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Rehman",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Aslam",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Shafiq",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Bibi",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Majeed",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Rasheed",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2020]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "30",
  "issue": "5",
  "page": "1331-1335",
  "DOI": "https://doi.org/10.36899/JAPS.2020.5.0151",
  "abstract": "<p>The objective of this study was to record certain physiological serum chemistry variables&nbsp;<em>viz</em>. Sodium (Na<sup>+</sup>), Potassium (K<sup>+</sup>), albumin (ALB), Alanine Transaminase (ALT), Aspartate Transaminase (AST) and Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT), and Brix % (by Brix refractometer) for assessing the status of passive transfer in goat kids (n=26) of Dera Ghazi Khan district, Punjab, Pakistan. The blood samples were collected during January to April, 2018. The kids were divided as per breed (teddy and cross-bred), gender (male and female), age (1-4 days, 5 days, and above 5 days) and parity (1<sup>st</sup>, 2<sup>nd</sup>, 3<sup>rd</sup>&nbsp;and &gt;3). The overall mean (&plusmn;SE) values for Na<sup>+</sup>, K<sup>+</sup>, ALB, AST, ALT and GGT were 82.5&plusmn;2.2meq/L, 5.0&plusmn;0.5meq/L, 2.8&plusmn;0.2U/L, 1444.4&plusmn;32.1U/L, 735.1&plusmn;32.3U/L and 223.0&plusmn;3.7U/L, respectively. Overall mean Brix% value was 11.2&plusmn;0.9% which coincided with IgG level of 43.25g/L. Only Na<sup>+</sup>&nbsp;and K<sup>+</sup>&nbsp;were different within teddy and cross-bred kids being higher (P&le;0.05) for the latter. Mean Brix% values for cross-bred and teddy were 10.9&plusmn;0.2 and 11.6&plusmn;0.3%, respectively coinciding with IgG values of 40.2 and 46.6g/L, respectively. The IgG level decreased as the kids got older, though non-significantly (P &ge;0.05). Regarding correlation coefficients, K<sup>+</sup> was negatively and ALT was positively correlated to estimated IgG at P&le;0.05. In a nutshell, results of our study indicate that teddy and cross-bred goat kids have substantial circulating IgG levels. Furthermore, the study caters for the first time the physiological values for various chemistry attributes, Brix% and calculated IgG levels for cross bred and teddy breed of goats. A substantial correlation between these has also been ascertained.</p>",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=Bioch-19-0006"
}]