Investigating serumic valeus of some electrolytes and enzymes of the healthy mule (Equus mulus) in relation to age and sex

Subject Areas : Veterinary Clinical Pathology

عبداله Araghi – Sooreh ¹ (Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran)
فرهنگ Salehi ² (Graduate of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran)

Received: 2012-06-21 Accepted : 2012-11-17 Published : 2012-11-21

Keywords: Enzyme, Electrolyte, blood, Serum, Mule,

Abstract :

This research was conducted to determine some blood serumic electrolytes and enzymes in apparently healthy mules living in temperate geographical conditions of northwestern Iran and the effect of age and sex on these parameters. The studied animals (51 males and 48 females) which ranged in age from 4 to 12 yaers, were divided into three similar age groups. The serumic values of sodium (mmol/L), potassium (mmol/L), chloride (mg/L), phosphorous (mg/L), and activities of AST (IU/L), ALT (IU/L), ALP (IU/L), GGT(IU/L) and CPK(IU/L) were 137.55±6.02, 4.06±0.55, 104.01±3.46, 2.69±0.35, 409.95±44.82, 17.96±2.25, 510.83±70.24, 31.27±4.52 and 295.56±38.76 respectively. Gender had no significant effect on the studied parameters (p>0.05). There were significant differences between different age groups (p<0.05) in the value of sodium and activities of AST, ALT, ALP, CPK and GGT. Results from this study could help to improve the interpretation of laboratory data of mules.    

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