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Volume 21 (12):794-797, 2017.
Effect
of summer and winter on serum and urine sodium and potassium levels in dromedary
camels
Amer M Hussin*
*Assist. Prof. Dr, Anatomy Department, College of Veterinary Medicine,
Baghdad university, Baghdad , Iraq.
ABSTRACT
Hussin AM.,
Effect of summer and winter on serum and urine sodium and potassium levels in
dromedary camels, Onl J Vet Res., 21 (12):794-797,
2017. Blood
and urine were collected from (43) young dromedary camels from Al-Najaf
province of Iraq during summer and winter in 2016 for determination of sodium (Na)
and potassium(K). Na, K and Na/K were higher in summer
in both blood and urine. Blood Na/K was 3.4 times that of urine. Levels of Na
and K levels were higher in urine compared with serum. Findings suggest that
the increase of electrolytes in camels during summer is an acclimatization
mechanism wherein hypertonicity retains water.
Key words: Camel, Sodium,
Potassium, Blood, Urine.