Some haematological, biochemical and hormonal profile of pregnant and non-pregnant she-camels (Camelus dromedarius) raised in a Sudan Savanna zone of Nigeria.
2011
Muhammad, B.F. | Aliyu, D. | Njidda, A.A. | Madigawa, I.L.
The study assessed haematological, biochemical and hormonal parameters in 12 pregnant and non-pregnant she-camel (Camelus dromedarius) managed extensively in a Sudan savannah ecological zone of Nigeria. The parameters were determined at monthly interval during the last trimester in the case of pregnant she-camels. The result shows signifcantly (p0.05) higher mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration in pregnant (49.0g/dl) compared to non-pregnant (19.2g/dl) she-camels. No signifcant difference was recorded on haemoglobin concentration, packed cell volume, mean haemoglobin concentration and lymphocytes. The blood urea level, total protein, serum globulin and albumin showed no signifcant different (P0.05) among the pregnant and non-pregnant she-camels. The progesterone concentration was signifcantly higher in pregnant (4.23ng/ml) compared to non-pregnant (1.39ng/ml) camels. However, alkaline and inorganic phosphatase were not signifcantly different in both pregnant and non-pregnant she camels (p0.05). Serum calcium concentration in non-pregnant she-camels (2.63µmol/l) was signifcantly higher than that in pregnant ones (2.17 µmol/l). It was concluded that physiological condition had more infuence on biochemical and hormonal rather than heamatological indices in camel raised in a Sudan Savannah ecological zone of Nigeria.
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