Nabaa Kamal Al shafei
College of Veterinary Medicine,
Khartoum
Sudan
Research Article
Some Sero-biochemical Reference Values of Working Donkeys (Equus asinus)
from the Sudan
Author(s): Nabaa Kamal Al shafei, Shadia Mohamed Ahmed and Abdalla Mohamed IbrahimNabaa Kamal Al shafei, Shadia Mohamed Ahmed and Abdalla Mohamed Ibrahim
Little biochemical information is available on donkeys, although donkey is one of the regular patients that regularly
come to the veterinary clinics in the Sudan. Moreover, many researchers use the donkey as experimental animals. The
aim of the present study is to avail data on sero-biochemical reference values of working donkeys in the Khartoum State.
Ninety nine healthy adult male donkeys, 3-26 years of age, were employed in this study. Blood for serum was collected
from the jugular vein of the examined animals. All sera were subjected to appropriate chemical analysis procedures and
determined the following values: 0.07 ± 0.21 for creatinine, 13.81 ± 3.43 for urea, 0.73 ± 0.53 for uric acid, 164.84 ±
38.88 for potassium, 5.88 ± 1.95 for calcium, 3.13 ± 1.09 for sodiu.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-1009.1000202