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Fırat Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Veteriner Dergisi
2008, Cilt 22, Sayı 3, Sayfa(lar) 159-162
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Research on Haematological and Biochemical Parameters in Lambs Eating Each Other's Wool and on Treatment
Hasan İÇEN1, Servet SEKİN1, Aynur ŞİMŞEK1, Zahir DÜZ2
1Dicle Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi, İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Diyarbakır-TÜRKİYE
2Dicle Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Kimya Bölümü, Diyarbakır-TÜRKİYE
Keywords: Alopecia, wool eating, lambs, trace elements

This study was carried out to determine the changes in haematological and biochemical parameters between pre and post treatment, as well as the effectiveness treatment in wool eating lambs.

A total of 20 lambs with wool eating habit were used in the study. After the clinical examination was completed, skin samples were taken from these animals with wool eating habit. In skin specimens, bacteria, fungi and ectoparsites were not observed. Clinical signs of the lambs with wool eating habit were alopecia, growth reterdation, stiff gait, parakeratosis, hair loss, and diarrhea. Blood samples were taken pre and post treatment for haematological and biochemical analyses. As a result of haematological analyses statistically no significant difference was determined in terms of total leucocyte and erythrocyte values. In haemoglobin and haemotocrite levels however, significant differences were observed (p<0.01, p<0.05 respectively). When pre and post treatment values were compared in terms of biochemical parameters, there was a significant difference for serum ALP (p<0.001), while the difference were not determined to be in significant for creatinin, glucose, total protein, albumin, ALT, LDH levels. In addition, significant decreases were determined between pre and post treatment values for Zn, Cu, and Fe (p<0,001, p<0,001 and p<0.05 respectively), wherease the differences in P, Ca and Mg values were not statistically significant

As a result, we concluded that Zn, Cu, and Fe should be added to the ration of lambs with wool eating lambs and that more comprehensive studies are required to be carried out.


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