Hematological indices of Aginskaya semicourse wool sheep

Abstract

Research findings in the morphological and biochemical indices of blood of semicourse wool sheep of the Aginskaya breed, according to different sex and age groups, have been reported. It is ascertained that ewes surpass the young ewes and young rams in the blood erythrocytes concentrations, the hemoglobin levels, and hematocrit levels by 77.8 and 39.1%, 44.3 and 40.5%, and 63.8 and 48.5%, respectively. Some excess of the physiological norm limits within the biochemical indices of blood serum was indicated.