THE EFFECT OF POTASSIUM IODIDE ON THE BLOOD PICTURE, BLOOD UREA, NON PROTEIN NITROGEN AND TOTAL SERUM CHOLES TEROL IN GOATS.

Document Type : Research article

Authors

Dept. of Medicine and Infectious Diseases Faculty of Vet. Med Assiut University

Abstract

The effect of administration of potassium iodide on the blood picture and the level of some blood and serum constituents was studied in twelve goats given daily doses of 5 mg of the drug to each animal for 3 months.
No change was detected in the total leucocytes count, but there were significant increase in eosinophils and lymphocytes. The other cell types showed only slight variation.
A marked rise was observed in both haemoglobin and erythro cyte count. The sedimentation rate showed a significant decrease especially one month after giving the drug.
A marked rise was observed in blood urea and non-protein nitrogen, especially at the end of the third month. A transient increase, followed by a highly significant fall was seen in total serum cholesterol.