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标题：2. STUDY ON SOME BIOCHEMICAL INDICES IN EWES IN RELATION TO PHYSIOLOGICAL AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS by ANEES AHMAD SHAH, HILAL MUSADIQ KHAN AND M.T. BANDAY
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作者：ANEES AHMAD SHAH HILAL MUSADIQ KHAN ; M.T. BANDAY
期刊名称：Liminalities : a Journal of Performance Studies
电子版ISSN：1557-2935
出版年度：2017
卷号：89
页码：7 to 13-7 to 13
语种：English
出版社：Liminalities
其他摘要：A study was conducted to study the variation in some blood biochemicals inewes under different nutritional plans during peri-partum period. 40 healthyCorriedale ewes in the last month of gestation (day 120) were selectedrandomly and allotted to 4 groups (control, T1, T2 and T3) of 10 animalseach such that the average body weights between the groups did not differsignificantly. The ewes were maintained under stall feeding conditions andoffered a daily ration consisting of oats hay @ 1.25kg/head/day andcommercial pelleted feed @ 500g/head/day during peri-partum period (onemonth pre-partum to one month post-partum). Ewes in treatment groups T1,T2 and T3 were offered an additional supplement of concentrate (pelletedfeed) @100, 200 and 300g/head/day while as no additional supplement wasoffered to control ewes. Serum glucose increased during the last month ofgestation and then showed a decline. Level of glucose was significantly(p<0.05) higher in T3 than control both on the day of parturition (57.05 vs.52.44 mg/dl) and on day 30 post-partum (53.58 vs. 46.80 mg/dl). Bloodtotal protein continued to drop throughout the peri-partum period and wassignificantly (p<0.05) higher in T3 (6.31g/dl) and T2 (5.83g/dl) than control(4.97g/dl) on day 30 post-partum. Serum albumin level was significantly(p<0.05) higher in T3 than control both on the day of parturition (3.30 vs.3.06 g/dl) and on day 30 post-partum (2.46 vs. 2.12 g/dl) while as the serumglobulin did not vary significantly. It is concluded that blood biochemical parameters of the ewes show variation during different physiological states of the animal which couldbe suitably utilized to predict the nutritional status of the animal.KEY WORD: Ewes, Blood, Biochemical, Indices.