THE EFFECT OF PREGNANCY ON SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF IRAQI SHE CAMELS IN COMPARESSION WITH MALES AND FEMALES IN ESTERUS PHASE

Abstract

This study was carried out to determine the effect of pregnancy on some physiological parameters in Iraqi She camels in comparative with males and females in estrus phase , sixty (60) camel blood samples were taken from AL-Najaf Slaughter house , twenty (20) blood samples for pregnant She camels , twenty (20) blood samples for females in estrus phase and twenty (20) blood samples for males to study the following parameters , Red blood cells count , hemoglobin concentration and packed cells volume and blood indices which are include mean corpuscular volume , mean corpuscular hemoglobin and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration The grossly examination of ovary was used to determine the estrus phase for non – pregnant females . The electronic methods by beck man coulter were used to measure the studded parameters , The results revealed a significant decrease ( P  0.05) in blood parameters which are included RBCS count , Hb concentration and PCV% during pregnancy . Whereas no significant changes (P  0.05) in the blood indices values. There was decreased during dehydration and return to normal during rehydration , Which don’t take place in any group of this study