Research Article
Serum Copper and Haematological Values of Sheep of Different Physiological Stages in the Dry and Wet Seasons of Central Trinidad
Table 2
Haematological physiological means of sheep compared in the dry and wet seasons of Central Trinidad.
| Blood | Growing | Dry pregnant | Lactating | Dry nonpregnant | Significance | Parameters | Dry | Wet | Dry | Wet | Dry | Wet | Dry | Wet | | |
| Parameters | 22 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 20 | LSD |
xSignificance |
| Red blood cells | | | | | | | | | | | Haemoglobin (g/L) | 98.4 | 103.7 | 91 | 89.6 | 97.7 | 94.4 | 89.1 | 87.2 | 9.06 | NS | Packed cell volume (L/L) | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.027 | NS | Mean corpuscular haemoglobin (g/L) | 333 | 338 | 336 | 337 | 336 | 338 | 336 | 335 | 5.0 | NS | Serum Cu (mg/L) | 0.42 | 0.58 | 0.43 | 0.62 | 0.48 | 0.57 | 0.35 | 0.53 | 0.133 | NS | White blood cells (×109/L) | | | | | | | | | | | White blood cell count | 13.5 | 10.2 | 11.4 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 2.18 | NS | Neutrophil | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 1.28 | NS | Lymphocyte | 7.9a | 5.2b | 5.5b | 4.9b | 4.9b | 4.8b | 4.9b | 5.2b | 1.41 | * | Eosinophil | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.43 | 0.46 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.53 | 0.82 | 0.33 | NS | Monocyte | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.08 | NS | Basophil | 0.07a | 0.01b | 0.01b | 0.03b | 0.04b | 0.02b | 0.01b | 0.25b | 0.04 | ** | Plasma components | | | | | | | | | | | Protein (g/L) | 70.1 | 71.7 | 69.8 | 71.8 | 72.8 | 71.2 | 72.9 | 75.3 | 3.36 | NS | Fibrinogen (g/L) | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 0.87 | NS |
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Means with different superscripts are significantly different at , protected Fishers LSD test.
xSignificance ; ; NS: not significant.
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