title: Effect of age and gender on some blood biochemical parameters of apparently healthy small ruminants from Southern Punjab in Pakistan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report and compare the hematological and serum biochemical profile of goat and sheep from Rahim Yar Khan district in Southern Punjab.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and twenty blood samples (98 goat and 22 sheep) were collected and their blood glucose, hemoglobin and serum biochemical parameters, cholesterol, aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were determined by using spectrophotometer. Parameters were compared between goat and sheep.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was observed that glucose (P=0.001), LDH (P=0.001) and ALT (P=0.001) concentrations differed significantly between sheep and goats. The studied parameters were compared between buck and goats and also between young goats (less than 12 months old) and adults (more than 12 months old). It was found that age and gender did not affect these hematological and serum biochemical parameters.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It can be concluded that sheep have overall higher values than goats for studied hematological and serum biochemical parameters.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, Zoology Division, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Shumaila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kiran
authors.forename: Arif Mahmood
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bhutta
authors.forename: Bakhtyawar Ali
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Sobia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Durrani
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Furhan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Iqbal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D004798:Enzymes / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006041:Goats; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013053:Spectrophotometry
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004798:Enzymes; D006454:Hemoglobins; D002784:Cholesterol
keywords: Age; Gender; Goat; Hematology; Serum biochemistry; Sheep