Blood profile of kachchhi camel during exercise Padheriya Y.D., Wadhwani K.N.* Department of Livestock Production and Management, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388001, Gujarat, India *Email: knwadhwani@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 18 April, 2014. Abstract The study was conducted on five adult clinically healthy Kachchhi camels (B. wt 450–550 kg) to assess the effect of different payloads (L1 - 1500kg, L2 - 2000kg and L3 - 2500kg), seasons (S1 - summer, S2 - hot humid and S3 - winter) and work rest cycles (WR1: 2h (W) - 1h (R) + 2h (W) - 1h (R) + 2h (W) - 1h (R) and WR2: 1h (W) - 15 min (R) - 1h (W) - 15 min (R) - 1h (W) - 1h (R) - 1h (W) - 15 min (R) - 1h (W) - 15 min (R) - 1h (W)) on the blood profile like glucose (mg/dl), urea (mg/dl), uric acid (mg/dl), creatinine (mg/dl), Hb (g%) and PCV (%). The per cent rise in blood glucose (mg/dl) level was 19.17 and 10.22 & 16.85 and 12.40 and 18.06 and 20.81 during S2, S3 and S1 season in WR1 and WR2, respectively during S1, S2 and S3. The levels of Urea (mg/dl) were 58.01 and 59.40 & 45.73 and 51.63 & 50.11 and 50.67 in WR1 and WR2, respectively. The concentration of Uric Acid (mg/dl) was 0.25 and 0.29 & 0.34 and 0.34 & 0.39 and 0.32 in WR1 and WR2, respectively during S3, S2 and S1. The creatinine (mg/dl) level before the start of work was 1.062 and at the end of work was 1.224. The value of Hb (g%) was 13.01 and 12.85 & 12.73 and 12.96 & 12.73 and 12.90 in WR1 and WR2, during S1, S2, and S3 respectively. This indicated that camel can work comfortably under WR1 as compared to WR2. Top Keywords Blood profile, Kachchhi camel, payloads, seasons, work rest cycles. Top |