Comparative study of some hormones during rutting season in dromedary camel

Abstract EN

This research was aimed to study the effect of age on steroids, cortisol and thyroids hormones during rutting seasons in camels.

Blood serum were taken from 103 healthy camels from Al-Najaf province slaughterhouse, samples were divided according to age into two categories: pre-pubertal animals 1-4 years and mature 5-8 years.

The estrogen, progesterone, cortisol, T3 and T4 hormones were tests by using Gamma counter.

The recent results indicated that the age had an effect on estrogen, progesterone, cortisol, T3 and T4 and there were a significant differences (P<0.01) between mature and pre-pubertal ages.

There were also increases in those hormones during rutting season in both age groups.

We conclude that the age and rutting season had an effect on steroids, cortisol and thyroid hormones levels in dromedary male camels