THE CONTENT OF HEMOGLOBIN, HEMATOCRIT AND LEUKOCYTES IN BLOOD, THAT OF GLUCOSE, TOTAL PROTEIN, ALPHA-AMINO-N, UREA, PEPSINOGEN, ASCORBIC-ACID, FE, CU AND ZN IN THE PLASMA AS WELL AS THAT OF ASCORBIC-ACID IN THE LIVER, SPLEEN AND ADRENALS IN HEALTHY AND IN BY HAEMONCHUS-CONTORTUSAND TRICHOSTRONGYLUS-COLUBRIFORMIS INFECTED LAMBS

In 8 healthy, noninfected lambs with an initial body weight (b. w.) of 24,79 +/- 1,16 kg as well as in 3 groups of lambs (n = 8 per group) o f a similar body weight after an inoculation with 3rd stage larvae of Haemonchus contortus (2500) and Trichostrongylus colubriformis (10 000 ) analyses of the blood plasma were performed for 45 days thereafter. On the 37th day after infection ivermectin (0,2 mg/kg b. w.) was admin istered per os respectively subcutaneously to the lambs of 2 groups. A fter 7 and 8 days the content of ascorbic acid in the liver, the splee n and the adrenals as well as that of vitamin A in the liver was analy sed. The behaviour of the values influenced by a moderate infection wi th trichostrongylid nematodes is discussed.