Comparison of blood metabolites of healthy and pregnancy toxaemia in Kermani breed ewes from 17th week of pregnancy

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Y Badakhshan
Academic staff member of Animal Science department- Agriculture faculty- University of Jiroft.
10.22077/jlr.2025.4099
Abstract
In this experiment, blood sample was weekly taken from 20 ewes from 17th week of pregnancy. Parameters such as ß- hydroxybutyrate (BHB), glucose, urea, non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA), triglyceride, cholesterol, ALT and AST were measured. After parturition, based on signs and symptoms, ewes were divided into two groups (healthy and pregnancy toxaemia ewe). For ALT, AST and cholesterol there was no significant difference between two groups. The amount of ß- hydroxybutyrate, glucose, urea, non-esterified fatty acids showed significant difference between the groups (P
Keywords
Sheep
Late pregnancy
Pregnancy toxaemia
Metabolism
Blood metabolites