Sheep hemato-biochemical parameters and carcass characteristics as affected by viteselen 15® injection and transportation

Abstract EN

Twenty four Farafra male sheep 36.47±1.04 kg live body weight and aged 14-16 months were used in this study.

The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effects of vitamin E and selenium (Viteselen 15®) injection as antioxidants before transportation during hot season on live body weight (BW) loss, some hematobiochemical parameters and carcass characteristics in New Valley Governorate, Egypt.

Animals were divided randomly into three symetric groups (eight each group).

The first group was served as control group, while the second and the third were injected with 10 mg/10 kg BW and 15 mg/10 kg BW of Viteselen 15®, respectively.

Animals were transported in an open truck covering a distance of approximately 300km for three hours.

Before loading and after transportation, rectal temperature and respiration rates as thermal responses were recorded.

Blood samples were collected before and after transportation to study the negative effect of transportation stress.

Blood serum was analyzed for T3, T4, cortical, total protein, albumin, urea, ALT, AST, creatinine and glucose parameters.

In addition, carcass and meat quality parameters were evaluated.

The results indicated that there are no significant differences among three groups before transportation in hemato-biochemical parameters.

Also, the results illustrated that injection of Viteselen 15® alleviated the adverse effect of transportation stress during hot season.

Furthermore, improve carcass characteristics and meat quality by reducing the loss of live body weight after transportation.

Thus, the injection of15 mg/10kg BW Viteselen 15® as antioxidant especially during hot season before transportation of sheep is recommended