Abstract
Sixty seven healthy growing goat kids of three Omani breeds, born and raised in Sultan Qaboos University Agricultural Experiment Station, were used to study the effects of age, breed and sex on haematological parameters. Blood samples were collected at several times from the first to 25 weeks to study the following parameters: Red Blood Cells (RBCs), White Blood Cells (WBCs), Packed Cell Volume (PCV), Haemoglobin (Hb), Mean Cell Volume (MCV), Mean Cell Haemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) and Mean Cell Haemoglobin (MCH). At birth, MCV and MCH levels were significantly higher in Batina (BAT) kids than both Jabal Akhdar (JA) and Dhofari (DOF), but there were no breed differences in the rest of the haematological values. There were significant breed differences in RBC, MCH, WBC, MCV at different ages, with Hb and PCV being highly significant at all ages. All blood parameters changed with time but showed different patterns in all breeds. There was no effect of sex on RBC, MCHC, PCV, Hb or WBC, but female kids had significantly higher MCH and MCV values at week 12. This study indicates that haematology parameters in Omani goat kids could be affected by age, breed and sex.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.24200/squjs.vol21iss2pp82-88
- Journal
- Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 21(2), 82
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY 4.0
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APA 7
Osman, N. E. H. I. E. D., Al-Busaidi, R. M., & Johnson, E. H. (2016). Effects of Age, Breed and Sex on Haematological Parameters of Growing Omani Goat Breeds. Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 21(2), 82. https://doi.org/10.24200/squjs.vol21iss2pp82-88
MLA 9
Osman, Nur El Huda Isam El Din, et al. "Effects of Age, Breed and Sex on Haematological Parameters of Growing Omani Goat Breeds." Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, vol. 21, no. 2, 2016, pp. 82. https://doi.org/10.24200/squjs.vol21iss2pp82-88.
Chicago (author–date)
Osman, Nur El Huda Isam El Din, Rashid M. Al-Busaidi, and Eugene H. Johnson. 2016. "Effects of Age, Breed and Sex on Haematological Parameters of Growing Omani Goat Breeds." Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science 21 (2): 82. https://doi.org/10.24200/squjs.vol21iss2pp82-88.
Harvard
Osman, N. E. H. I. E. D., Al-Busaidi, R. M. and Johnson, E. H. (2016) 'Effects of Age, Breed and Sex on Haematological Parameters of Growing Omani Goat Breeds', Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 21(2), pp. 82. doi:10.24200/squjs.vol21iss2pp82-88.
Vancouver
Osman NEHIED, Al-Busaidi RM, Johnson EH. Effects of Age, Breed and Sex on Haematological Parameters of Growing Omani Goat Breeds. Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science. 2016;21(2):82. doi:10.24200/squjs.vol21iss2pp82-88
IEEE
N. E. H. I. E. D. Osman, R. M. Al-Busaidi, and E. H. Johnson, "Effects of Age, Breed and Sex on Haematological Parameters of Growing Omani Goat Breeds," Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 82, 2016, doi: 10.24200/squjs.vol21iss2pp82-88.