Abstract

Addass P. A., Midau A., Muktar Y. M. and Mshelia Z. B

The blood chemistry of most common bull cattle breeds were randomly collected and assessed. Significant (P<0.01) breed variation on packed cell volume (PCV) was observed. Adamawa Gudali (AG) had highest (55.29±0.77%) PCV value followed by Rahaji (RJ) (46.83±0.80%) then Sokoto Gudali (SG) (46.19±0.78%) while Bunaji had the least (43.59±0.74%). Significant (P< 0.001) breed differences were also depicted on mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC). Highest (40.35±0.62×1015 FL) MCV was observed on AG followed by RJ (36.57±0.65×1015 FL) while similar values were recorded on BJ (33.95±0.6×1015×FL) and SG (34.27±0.63×1015FL). On MCHC, AG had the highest (25.94 ï?± 0.55g/dl) while similar values were observed on BJ (29.32±0.54g/dl), SG (28.75±0.56) and RJ (27.62±0.58g/dl). Significant (P<0.001) breed difference was pronounced on fecal parasitic egg count (FPEC) indicating SG with highest (18.21±0.68) value followed by RJ (16.35±0.71) while Ag (9.57±0.67) and BJ (10.21±0.66) had similar least values. Significant (P<0.001) age group difference was observed on PCV with similar highest values observed on age groups 1.5 to 2 years (48.45±0.66%),21 /2-3years(50.28±0.80%) and 3.5 to 4 years while age group ≥4years had least (45.76±0.66%) value. Significant (P<0.001) age group on FPEC with age group 2.5 to 3 years had highest (15.50±0.70) followed by age group 3.5 to 4 years (14.62±0.58) while similar least values were recorded on age groups 1.5 to 2 years (9.56±1.18) and ≥4 years (10.82±0.58). Significant (P<0.001) BCS difference was observed on PCV with highest (50.78±0.85%) value on BCS5 followed by BCS4 (49.18±0.60%) while similar values were recorded on BSC2 (43.36±1.19%) and BCS3 (45.48±0.72%). Significant (P<0.001) breed effect on FPEC was evident showing BCS2 with highest (21.83±0.05) egg count followed BCS3 (14.95±0.064) then BCS4 (11.60±0.53), BCS5 had the least (9.39±0.75).