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CLINICAL STUDIES ON WOOL SLIP (ALOPECIA) IN SHEEP WITH REFERENCE TO HAEMATOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES

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Fish / aquaculture
Veterinary medicine / clinical pathology

Abstract

This investigation was conducted on 34 lambs (1-7 months old) and 43 ewes (2-5 years old) of which 28 lambs and 29 ewes showed alopecia wool abnormalities and emaciation. Sheep were reared among indoor flock of the faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University. Blood serum levels of copper, iron, zinc, ceruloplasmin activity, total protein, albumin, globulin, A/G ratio, alkaline phosphatase (AP) and lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) were estimated. Haemoglobin (Hb), haematocrit (PCV), red blood Cells (RBC), total and differential leucocytic count were also investigated. The study revealed that alopecic lambs and ewes suffered from deficiency of copper (P<0.00) and iron (P<0.001) in their blood sera resulting in poor growth, unthriftness, alopecia and wool abnormalities. Serum ceruloplasmin activity, total protein, albumin, A/G ratio were also significantly decreased in alopecic sheep. However, scrum zinc, globulin, alkaline phosphatase and lactic dehydrogenase were non significantly altered. The erythron revealed microcytic hypochromic anaemia and the leucon showed non-significant alterations. Addition of mineral mixture containing an adequate amount of copper and iron to the concentrate mixture for one month resulted in improvement of the condition.

DOI

10.21608/vmjg.1998.377237

Authors

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I. A.

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SALEH

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Dept. of Internal Medicine, Infectious Discases and Fish, Fac. of Vet. Med, Cairo University

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First Name

A. A.

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ABD EL-SAMEE

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Dept. of Internal Medicine, Infectious Discases and Fish, Fac. of Vet. Med, Cairo University

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G. M.

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RAKHA

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Dept. of Internal Medicine, Infectious Discases and Fish, Fac. of Vet. Med, Cairo University

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Volume

46

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1

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49899

Issue Date

1998-01-01

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2024-08-29

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1998-01-01

Page Start

57

Page End

66

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1110-1423

Online ISSN

2537-1045

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VMJG_Volume 46_Issue 1_Pages 57-66.pdf

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Veterinary Medical Journal (Giza)

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CLINICAL STUDIES ON WOOL SLIP (ALOPECIA) IN SHEEP WITH REFERENCE TO HAEMATOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES

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