HAEMOGLOBIN VALUES IN SHEEP AGED 6–9
Eglantina Xhemollari1, Myzafer Çela2, Jetmira Abeshi3, Elenica Dimço4
Veterinary Medicine Faculty, Tirana, Albania
eglantina_xhemollari@yahoo.it
Nowadays, in our country there is a considerable number of sheep and goat. They are grazing and raised in a stockyard system in relatively not big herds and the consequences are shown in damages and economical loss caused by many diseases, especially parasites. This study consists of evaluation of the amount of haemoglobin in sheep aged of 6 to 9 years. 40 sheep were studied. Animals were selected by random choice from the animals in a slaughterbouse (near the Veterinary Medicine Faculty). The blood taken from the ear at around 8 o’clock in the morning and was treated with EDTA anticoagulant. The evaluation of the amount of haemoglobin was done with the Sahli haemome¬ter. The animals were divided in 4 groups to inspect the values of haemoglobin; 6 of them were aged 6, 12 of them were aged 7, 15 were aged 8 and 7 of them were aged 9. Presented in percentage, 15% were aged 6, 30% of sheep were aged 7; 37.5% were aged 8 and 17.5% were aged 9. Different ages of sheep in this study have presented differ¬ent values of haemoglobin. The lowest haemoglobin level results for sheep aged 7, where the value is 5.25±0.86 g/dl, and the highest haemoglobin level results for sheep aged 9, where this value is 5.92 ±0.90 g/dl.
Keywords: sheep; age; parasite; haemoglobin
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