Haematological, biochemical and selected acute phase protein reference intervals for weaned female Merino lambs

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 5-11

  Lepherd, M L ^a,b   Canfield, P J ^a   Hunt, G B ^a   Bosward, K L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute phase proteins; Biochemistry; Haematology; Merino; Reference intervals; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; FEMALE; NEWBORN; REFERENCE VALUE; SHEEP; WEANING;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SHEEP; WEANING;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 58849152911     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2008.00382.x     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Kaneko JJ, Harvey JW, Bruss ML. Clinical biochemistry of domestic animals. 5th edn. Academic Press, San Diego, California, 1997.
2. Jain NC. The sheep: normal hematology with comments on response to disease. In : Jain NC, editor. Schalm's veterinary haematology. 4th edn. Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, 1986 : 208 224.
3. Jain NC. Comparative hematology of common domestic animals. In : Jain NC, editor. Essentials of veterinary hematology. Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, 1993 : 19 53.
4. Kramer JW. Normal hematology of cattle, sheep, and goats. In : Feldman BF, Zinkl JG, Jain NC, editors. Schalm's veterinary hematology. 5th edn. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2000 : 1075 1084.
5. Greenwood B. Haematology of the sheep and goat. In : Archer RK, Jeffcott LB, editors. Comparative clinical haematology. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1977 : 305 344.
6. Millar HR, Simpson JG, Stalker AL. An evaluation of the heat precipitation method for plasma fibrinogen estimation. J Clin Pathol 1971 24 : 827 830.
7. Reed AH, Henry RJ, Mason WB. Influence of statistical method used on the resulting estimate of normal range. Clin Chem 1971 17 : 275 284.
8. Alonso AJ, de Teresa R, Garcia M, Gonzalez JR, Vallejo M. The effects of age and reproductive status on serum and blood parameters in Merino breed sheep. J Vet Med A 1997 44 : 223 231.
9. Bickhardt K, Dudziak D, Ganter M, Henze P. Dependence of hematological and chemical blood parameters on the age of healthy lambs: definition of reference values in sheep. Dtsch Tierarztl Woch 1999 106 : 445 451.
10. Dubreuil P, Arsenault J, Belanger D. Biochemical reference ranges for groups of ewes of different ages. Vet Rec 2005 156 : 636 638.
11. Roubies N, Panousis N, Fytianou A et al. Effects of age and reproductive stage on certain serum biochemical parameters of Chios sheep under Greek rearing conditions. J Vet Med A 2006 53 : 277 281.
12. Yokus B, Cakir DU, Kanay Z, Gulten T, Uysal E. Effects of seasonal and physiological variations on the serum chemistry, vitamins and thyroid hormone concentrations in sheep. J Vet Med A 2006 53 : 271 276.
13. Dunlap JS, Dickson WM. The effect of age and pregnancy on ovine blood protein fractions. Am J Vet Res 1955 16 : 91 95.
14. Gardner DE. Values for certain blood and urine constituents of normal young lambs. NZ Vet J 1973 21 : 70 73.
15. Healy PJ. Serum alkaline phosphatase in sheep. Clin Chim Acta 1971 33 : 431 436.
16. Ullrey DE, Miller ER, Long CH, Vincent BH. Sheep hematology from birth to maturity. I: Erythrocyte population, size and haemoglobin concentration. J Anim Sci 1965 24 : 135 140.
17. Ullrey DE, Miller ER, Long CH, Vincent BH. Sheep hematology from birth to maturity. II: Leukocyte concentration and differential distribution. J Anim Sci 1965 24 : 141 144.
18. Upcott DH, Hebert CN, Robins M. Erythrocyte and leukocyte parameters in newborn lambs. Res Vet Sci 1971 12 : 474 477.
19. Josland SW. A study of the blood of healthy sheep and cattle in New Zealand. NZ J Sci Tech 1933 14 : 298 308.
20. Norris JH, Chamberlin WE. A chemical and histological investigation in Victoria (Australia) of the blood of cattle and sheep. Aust J Exp Biol Med Sci 1929 6 : 285 299.
21. Roil MR, Suckling GW, Mattingley J. Serum total protein and albumin levels in grazing sheep. NZ Vet J 1974 22 : 232 236.
22. Van Zyl LC. Contributions to the study of blood constituents in domestic animals in South Africa. 6: Normal values for serum protein fractions in sheep as obtained by electrophoresis on cellulose acetate strips. Onderstepoort J Vet Res 1967 34 : 633 646.
23. Sharifi K, Mohri M, Abedi V et al. Serum and whole blood inorganic phosphorus in lambs from birth to 400th day of life: effect of weaning as a cutoff point between neonatal and adult levels. Comp Clin Pathol 2005 14 : 160 167.
24. Gajewski J, Povar ML. Blood coagulation values of sheep. Am J Vet Res 1971 32 : 405 409.
25. Ulutas PA, Ozpinar A. Effect of Mannheimia (Pasteurella) haemolytica infection on acute-phase proteins and some mineral levels in colostrum-breast milk-fed or colostrum-breast milk-deprived sheep. Vet Res Commun 2006 30 : 485 495.
26. Jain NC. The platelets. In : Jain NC, editor. Essentials of veterinary hematology. Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, 1993 : 105 132.
27. Murata H, Shimada N, Yoshioka M. Current research on acute phase proteins in veterinary diagnosis: an overview. Vet J 2004 168 : 28 40.
28. Aziz DM, Taha MB. Effect of dystocia on serum haptoglobin in Awassi ewes. Theriogenology 1997 48 : 559 562.
29. Price J, Nolan AM. Analgesia of newborn lambs before castration and tail docking with rubber rings. Vet Rec 2001 149 : 321 324.
30. Regassa F, Noakes DE. Acute phase protein response of ewes and the release of PGFM in relation to uterine involution and the presence of intra-uterine bacteria. Vet Rec 1999 144 : 502 506.
31. Scott PR, Murray LD, Penny CD. A preliminary study of serum haptoglobin concentration as a prognostic indicator of ovine dystocia cases. Br Vet J 1992 148 : 351 355.
32. Skinner JG, Roberts L. Haptoglobin as an indicator of infection in sheep. Vet Rec 1994 134 : 33 36.
33. Winter P, Fuchs K, Walshe K, Colditz IG. Serum amyloid A in the serum and milk of ewes with mastitis induced experimentally with Staphylococcus epidermidis. Vet Rec 2003 152 : 558 562.