Preliminary comparison of different immune and production components in local and imported Saanen goats reared under a sub-tropical environment |
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| Authors: | Elie K Barbour Houssam H Itani Fawwak T Sleiman Maya F Saade Steve Harakeh Afif M Abdel Nour Houssam A Shaib |
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| Institution: | (1) Animal and Veterinary Sciences Department, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236, Riyadh El Solh, Beirut, Lebanon;(2) Dr Rath Research Institute B.V., 1260 Memorex Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95050, USA;(3) Institut Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais, 19 rue Pierre Waguet, 60000 Beauvais, France |
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| Abstract: | Three objectives were included in this research work. The first objective compared different immune components in healthy
mature males, mature females, and female kids of local and imported Saanen goats, reared under a sub-tropical environment.
The significantly differing immune components were the blood monocyte percent, blood CD8 count, and the total white blood
cell count. The second objective compared the performance of Saanen versus local does. The means of the milk yield and prolificacy
of the imported Saanen does were significantly higher than those of the local does (p < 0.05). The third objective compared the immune responses (hemagglutination-HA titers) and complement fixation (CF) titers
in mature does of the two breeds to chicken red blood cells (c-RBC). The HA titers showed a significant seroconversion only
in imported Saanen (p < 0.05) but not in local does; however, the CF titers increased significantly at 4 weeks following priming with c-RBC in
local (p < 0.05) but not in the imported Saanen does. The impact of the differences in blood immune components and responses to antigens
in the compared goats on protection potential against prevalent diseases in the sub-tropical zone of the eastern Mediterranean
countries is discussed. |
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