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T1 BLOOD PARAMETERS IN THE MORADA NOVA SHEEP: INFLUENCE OF AGE, SEX AND BODY CONDITION SCORE
A1 M.M.L. Carlosa
A1 J.H.G.M. Leiteb
A1 D.F. Chavesb
A1 A.M. Valeb
A1 D.A.E. Façanhab
A1 M.M. Meloc
A1 B. Soto-Blancoc
JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
JO JAPS
SN 1018-7081
VO 25
IS 4
SP 950
OP 955
YR 2015
FD 2015/08/01
DO DOI NA
AB <p>The present study was aimed at determining the serum biochemical panel and the erythocytogram of the sheep of the Morada Nova breed. Further, it was also aimed at verifying the variations of these parameters promoted by the sex, age, and body condition score. The study was conducted by sampling nine herds; two from Cear&aacute; state, five from Rio Grande do Norte state, and two from Para&iacute;ba state, Brazil. It used a sample of 249 clinically healthy sheep of the Morada Nova breed. The sex, age, and body condition score were recorded from each animal. Blood samples were collected for determining the serum levels of glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides, urea, creatinine, total proteins, albumin, globulins and thyroxine (T4), the serum activities of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT), the number of red blood cells (RBCs), and the packed cell volume (PCV). It was observed that the evaluated blood parameters from the Morada Nova sheep breed did not demonstrate any variation from the reference interval established for the species, except for the lower levels of globulins and higher albumin/globulins ratio. However, it was verified that the serum biochemical panel was affected by the sex, age, and body score condition.</p>
K1 serum biochemistry; erythrocytes; breed; Morada Nova breed
PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum
LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2015-JAPS-126