The study of biochemical ions parameters of non diarrheic and diarrheic Iraqi Awassi suckling lambs

Abstract EN

This study was planned to investigate some serum electrolytes and ions such as sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium and magnesium in 100 Awassi un weaned lambs which compared with healthy lambs clinically.

The selected cases were five days to two months of age which were divided into10 non diarrheic lambs as control and 90 diarrheic lambs group.

Their cases were collect in Karbala city/ Iraq November 2015 to April 2016.

The biochemical tests for diarrheic animals showed these changes with significant (P≤0.05) hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, hypochloremia, hypocalcaemia with a non-significant increase in magnesium level.

The values in diarrheic lambs group include, Sodium (Na+) 112.32±3.36, Potassium (K+) 4.15±3.31 mmol/L, chloride (Cl-) 95.50±2.33 mmol/L, Calcium (Ca++) 1.94±0.08 mmol/L and Magnesium (Mg++) 21.1±0.10 mmol/L, compared with non diarrheic lambs were 137.18±4.11 (mmol/L), 3.92±0.25 (mmol/L), 105.041±3.10 (mmol/L), 2.73±0.35 (mmol/L) and 1.18±0.129 (mmol/L) respectively.

The current study has concluded diarrhea in lambs causes abnormal electrolytes changes