《Assessment of Phosphorus Levels in Small Ruminants as Affected by Summer and Winter》.pdfVIP

March 2014 Vol 21 No 1 45-51 . . ScienceDirect Journal of Northeast Agricultural University (English Edition) Available online at Assessment of Phosphorus Levels in Small Ruminants as Affected by Summer and Winter 1 1 2 2 2 2 Ansar Mahmood , Dr. Asma Hassan , Iram Maqsood , Tang Li-jie , Syed Mohsin Bukhari , Khalil-Ur-Rehman , and Shahla Andleeb2 1 Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan 2 College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China Abstract: An experiment was carried out to assess the phosphorus status of free grazing goats at Faisalabad, Pakistan. Samples -1 were collected fortnightly during summer and winter seasons of 2010 from soil and plants. The highest (118±0.54 mg • kg ) levels of -1 feces phosphorus were recorded in lactating goats during winter and (9.87±0.99 mg • kg ) in urine of male during winter. Similarly -1 maximum (71.0±0.88 mg • kg ) phosphorus concentration was observed in the plasma of lactating animals. Milk contained (31.0±0.36) -1 mg • L in winter while during the months of summer the highest values recorded in forages, soils, canal and tube well waters were -1 -1 -1 -1