RT Journal T1 PHYSIOLOGICAL SERUM CHEMISTRY VARIABLES AND BRIX% FOR ASSESSING STATUS OF PASSIVE TRANSFER IN GOAT KIDS A1 M. H. Lashari A1 U. Farooq2 A1 M. Idris A1 Z. U. Rehman A1 A. Aslam A1 I. Shafiq A1 S. Bibi A1 M. ­J. Majeed A1 A. Rasheed JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences JO JAPS SN 1018-7081 VO 30 IS 5 SP 1331 OP 1335 YR 2020 FD 2020/06/25 DO DOI https://doi.org/10.36899/JAPS.2020.5.0151 AB

The objective of this study was to record certain physiological serum chemistry variables viz. Sodium (Na+), Potassium (K+), 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 (1st, 2nd, 3rd and >3). The overall mean (±SE) values for Na+, K+, ALB, AST, ALT and GGT were 82.5±2.2meq/L, 5.0±0.5meq/L, 2.8±0.2U/L, 1444.4±32.1U/L, 735.1±32.3U/L and 223.0±3.7U/L, respectively. Overall mean Brix% value was 11.2±0.9% which coincided with IgG level of 43.25g/L. Only Na+ and K+ were different within teddy and cross-bred kids being higher (P≤0.05) for the latter. Mean Brix% values for cross-bred and teddy were 10.9±0.2 and 11.6±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 ≥0.05). Regarding correlation coefficients, K+ was negatively and ALT was positively correlated to estimated IgG at P≤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.

K1 Passive transfer, Serum chemistry, Teddy Goat, Pakistan PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=Bioch-19-0006