HAEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND BLOOD CHEMISTRY OF WEST AFRICAN DWARF GOAT TETHERED AT THREE DIFFERENT RADII (Хематолошки параметри и хемија на крвта на западноафриканската џуџеста коза приврзана во три различни радиуси)
Oluwaseyi Omoniyi Eniolorunda, Oladipupo David Olamilusi,Jamiu Adeseun Oyesiji
Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agricultural Production and Renewable Resource, College of Agricultural Sciences, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ayetoro Campus, Ayetoro, Ogun State, Nigeria
olueniolorunda@gmail.com
The haematological parameters and blood chemistry of West African Dwarf (WAD) goats tethered at three different radii were carried out for a period of 77 days using eighteen West African Dwarf goats. The animals were allocated into three treatments and each treatment was replicated six times in a completely randomized design. At the commencement, middle and end of the experiment, the data collected were subjected to analysis of variance. Haematological parameters like packed cell volume (PVC), Hb, RBC, WBC and the differentials on treatment effect were not significance (P > 0.05) while RBC, Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV), Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin (MCH) showed a significant (P < 0.05) difference at second collection and Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentrate (MCHC) showed significant (P < 0.05) difference at the third collection. However, cortisol, glucose, T. protein, BUN, creatinine, AST and ALT as blood chemistry revealed that the results were significantly (P < 0.05) differed with the exception of glucose, T-protein, creatinine, AST and ALT that showed no significance (P > 0.05) at the first, second, second, first and first blood collection period, respectively. Despite, the level of significance, among other parameters, BUN showed no significant (P > 0.05) difference among treatment at all collection of blood periods, some values fell within the normal range of West African Dwarf goats. It is therefore, concluded that tethering animals could be used at a radius of 183 cm or longer rope length which was more favourable in the study than animals on 91.5 cm circumference and 0 cm, since the blood studies fell within the normal range which shows that there are at least no pathological conditions between the tethered animals and the free range animals.
Keywords: haematology; blood chemistry; WAD goat; tethered; radiiovi
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