Effect of season on some hematological, biochemical and some hormone of local Iraqi black female goats

Abstract EN

This study was conducted at animal farm / Collage of Agriculture, Basrah University, during the period from April to December .

A total of 8 blood samples were taken from dry female goats at (2.5-3.5) years old during first day of April, July, October, December months .The aim of this study to evaluate the effect months of year on blood (WBC, RBC, PCV and Hb) and biochemical parameters (Fe, Phosphate, Albumin, Total protein, Cholesterol and Glucose in addition to some hormones like Estrogen and thyroxin.

The present study resulted that there were significant (P < 0.05) increase in blood red cell count, total white blood cell number, and monocytes percentage in summer compared with spring and winter.

Hemoglobin concentration and PCV percentage were significantly (P < 0.05) increased in summer compared with other seasons.

Iron concentration was highly significantly (P < 0.05) increased in summer and autumn in comparison with other seasons.

The results also showed that there were significant (P < 0.05) increase in Estrogen and decrease in thyroxin hormone concentration in summer compared with other seasons.