Effects of wallowing, sex and post wallowing time on the blood profile and thermoregulatory parameters of geese during the period of high temperature humidity index
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The means by which animals regulate their body temperature is called thermoregulation and during high ambient temperature, wallowing may help to improve homeostasis in animals. Some blood parameters have also been used as indicators of stress in poultry. Therefore, the effects of wallowing, sex and post-wallowing time on the blood profile and thermoregulatory parameters of geese at hightemperature humidity index were assessed. Twenty-four geese (12 ganders and 12 goose) were used for the assessment and the ganders and goose were randomly divided each into two groups: wallowed group and non-wallowed group. Wallowing and thermoregulatory assessment were done every alternate day and the experiment lasted for five weeks. Using standard procedures, temperature, humidity, pulse rate, respiratory rate and rectal temperature were measured. The blood samples of the animals were also collected and analysed for haematological profile at 2 and 4 weeks post-wallowing. The interactions showed that non-wallowed goose at 4 weeks post-wallowing had significantly (P < 0.05) lower packed cell volume than wallowed and non-wallowed ganders at 2 and 4 weeks. The lymphocyte count with lower heterophils in wallowed geese indicates healthy geese and better immunity than the non-wallowed geese with higher heterophils and stressed as adjudged by H/L ratio. The wallowing and sex interaction effect showed a significantly (P < 0.05) lower respiratory rate in the wallowed goose than in the nonwallowed goose. Rectal temperature in all the interactions was not significant (P > 0.05) while the pulse rate of wallowed ganders and goose were significantly (P < 0.05) lower than what was obtained in the non-wallowed ones. The values for their respiratory rate, rectal temperature and pulse rate ranged from 19.40 ± 4.10 to 22.70 ± 2.50 breaths/minute, 40.30 ± 0.50 to 40.50 ± 0.40 and 141.90 ± 15.90 to 166.90 ± 10.30 beats/minute, respectively. This study indicated that wallowing influenced the respiratory rate and pulse rate of the geese. The haematological profile of the geese was improved during high-temperature humidity index that could have induced heat stress in the animals with apparently stable reduced and stable H/L ratio.
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