title: [The effect of an oral zinc substitution on some biochemical blood serum parameters in pregnant sheep and their lambs as well as on the birth weights of the lambs].
abstract: The aims of this study were to demonstrate the effects of zinc sulphate administration (2 g/week p.o., 2% solution) on zinc, copper, iron, calcium and magnesium levels in blood serum of 20 pregnant Ivesi sheep during the last 2 month of pregnancy, immediately post partum as well as in their newborn lambs. In these 20 lambs, also total serum protein, gamma globulin and birth weight were determined. The control group consisted of 15 pregnant sheep and their 15 lambs housed under the same conditions. Zinc sulphate administered to sheep caused significant increases in their serum levels of zinc as well as in those of their lambs. The lambs of the zinc supplemented group had also slightly higher birth weights (not significant) and significant higher gamma globulin levels, whereas the total protein values was almost identical in both groups.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Tierkrankheiten, Veterinärmedizinische Fakultät der Universität Harran, Sanliurfa/Türkei.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cimtay
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aksoy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Olçücü
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000097:blood*; D001724:Birth Weight / Q000187:drug effects*; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D003300:Copper / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood; D008274:Magnesium / Q000097:blood; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000662:veterinary; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal / Q000097:blood / Q000187:drug effects*; D012756:Sheep / Q000097:blood* / Q000502:physiology*; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood; D019287:Zinc Sulfate / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005719:gamma-Globulins / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D005719:gamma-Globulins; D019287:Zinc Sulfate; D003300:Copper; D007501:Iron; D008274:Magnesium; D015032:Zinc; D002118:Calcium
vernacular_title: Auswirkungen einer oralen Zinksubstitution auf einige biochemische Serumparameter bei trächtigen Schafen und deren Lämmern sowie auf die Geburtsgewichte der Lämmer.