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OJVRTM

 

Online Journal of Veterinary Research©

(Including Medical and Laboratory Research)

Established 1994

ISSN 1328-925X

 

Volume 28 (11): 781-784, 2024.


Ascorbic acid for colostrum-deprived neonatal camels.

 

 AL-Sultan SI.

 

College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Resources, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia

 

ABSTRACT

 

AL-Sultan SI.,  Ascorbic acid for colostrum-deprived neonatal camels, Onl J Vet Res., 28 (11): 781-784, 2024. Three groups of 9 camel neonates each were removed from dams at birth to prevent suckling and ingestion of colostrum. Daily for 10 days, test group was  gavaged 500ml camel milk at 2h interval from 2 to 20hr for 5L/day with 10 mg/Kg subcutaneous ascorbic acid, shams were only given camel milk, and controls allowed to suckle dams. Blood was taken at days 10 of age for differential leukocyte count, serum lysosome, insulin and ascorbate. Compared with controls, leukocytes were 53, neutrophils 59, ascorbate 59 and cortisol 66% higher (P < 0.05) in colostrum deprived calves

 

Keywords: Ascorbic acids, colostrums, immunostimulant, camel calves.


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