Haematology and serum biochemistry of captive wild sheep (Ovis orientalis esphahanica) in Iran

Effect of age and gender on some blood biochemical parameters of apparently healthy small ruminants from Southern Punjab in Pakistan

“…The value of LDH is higher in case of sheep (583.8暲83.6) than those of goats (304.2暲143.0) and this difference is statistically highly significant (P=0.001). Similar observation was made by Mostaghni et al [19] in wild sheep. There was no effect of age or gender on serum LDH levels and these results are in agreement with Perez et al [15] .…”

“…Our values are higher than those reported by Daramola et al [17] (8.9暲0.9 U/L) for goats. Lower ALT values, than one we presented, were reported by Miloslav et al [18] in west African sheep (10.0暲1.1 U/L) while studies reported by Mostaghni et al [19] in wild sheep (29.15暲3.20 U/L) and by Perez et al [15] in wild goat (48.4暲52.3 U/L) demonstrated higher/or comparable ALT concentration to the present study indicating a great variation in ALT levels among different small ruminants having different geographical distribution.…”

Serum biochemical values of mouflon (Ovis orientalis musimon) according to age and sex

“…Our reference interval values almost match those of wild sheep (O. orientalis isphahanica) (Mostaghni et al 2005). TP and creatinine levels as well as ALT, AST, and LDH activities were higher in wild sheep (O. orientalis isphahanica).…”

“…TP and creatinine levels as well as ALT, AST, and LDH activities were higher in wild sheep (O. orientalis isphahanica). It should be mentioned that Mostaghni et al (2005) used xylazine tranquilizer during capture.…”

“…Many authors investigated hematological and biochemical indicators in closely related species. Franzman (1971), Kock et al (1987), andBorjesson et al (2000) looked into blood parameters in wild bighorn sheep, Peinado et al (1999) investigated wild ruminants in captivity, Mostaghni et al (2005) in wild sheep (Ovis orientalis isphahanica), and McDonald et al (1981) in desert bighorn sheep. There are published data on blood biochemistry in mouflon.…”