Chew, Hui San (2021) Prediction of parturition in saanen goats using morphometry, physiological and biochemical parameters. [Project Paper] (Submitted)
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Abstract
In order to predict the time of parturition in does, farmers and producers have previously relied on visual observation. However, these parameters are subjective and do not determine the time of parturition accurately. Thus, this study was carried out to determine the changes of measurable parameters such as temperature, sacrosciatic ligament relaxation and blood glucose concentration and their correlation with the timing of parturition. Six late gestation does were used in this study. Data for rectal temperature, sacrosciatic ligament relaxation and blood glucose concentration were collected daily from the does starting from 3 days pre-partum until 3 days post-partum. The results showed that there was numerical decrease in the temperature as well as increase in the sacrosciatic ligament relaxation and blood glucose concentration prior to parturition but the results were not significant (P > 0.05). A strong positive correlation (r = 0.60-0.79) was found between the blood glucose concentration and days approaching parturition which was from 3 days pre-partum to the day of parturition. An average positive correlation (r = 0.40-0.59) was also found between the right sacrosciatic ligament relaxation with the day approaching to parturition. This indicates that blood glucose concentration and sacrosciatic ligament changed as the day of parturition approached.
| Item Type: | Project Paper |
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| Faculty: | Faculty of Veterinary Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms Nurhaznita Mahmood |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Dec 2023 07:21 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Dec 2023 07:21 |
| URI: | http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1549 |
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