Effect of pregnancy month on erythropoietin hormone and some blood parmeterlfor Awassi sheep in Babylon province

Abstract

The goal of thepresent study is to the estimate the erythropoietin hormone, somephysiologicalparametersduring pregnancyandpost-partum and the corretation between them. This study was conductedat private station at the province ofBabylon.The studyincluded85Awassiewesaged between 1.5-6 years and weighingbetween30-49kgfrom the periodfo the beginning ofJanuaryuntilthe June 2014.Five ml of blood wascolloctedanddivided intotwo parts2 mlof for the ofmeasuringblood valuesand 3ml formeasurehormonesandbiochemicalcriteria. The result revealdthat theerythropoietinincreasedsignificantly(P ≤0.05)in thefourthmonth, numberof red blood cellsandthe percentageof the PCV valuesincreased significantly(P ≤0.05)while there were decreased inthe value ofHbandindicatorsof red blood cells(MCV, MCH, MCHC), during pregnancy and post partnm period.