The effects of zinc sulphate administration to pregnant sheep on some biochemical parameters in blood sera of sheep and its lambs, and birth weights of lambs
I. Cimtay et al., The effects of zinc sulphate administration to pregnant sheep on some biochemical parameters in blood sera of sheep and its lambs, and birth weights of lambs, DEUT TIER W, 108(11), 2001, pp. 449-453
The aims of this study were to demonstrate the effects of zinc sulphate adm
inistration (2 g/week PO, 2% solution) on zinc, copper, iron, calcium and m
agnesium 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 la
mbs. In these 20 lambs, also total serum protein, gamma globulin and birth
weight were determined. The control group consisted of 15 pregnant sheep an
d their 15 Iambs housed under the same conditions. Zinc sulphate administer
ed to sheep caused significant increases in their serum levels of zinc as w
ell as in those of their lambs. The lambs of the zinc supplemented group ha
d also slightly higher birth weights (not significant) and significant high
er gamma globulin levels, whereas the total protein values was almost ident
ical in both groups.