Hematological and Biochemical Profile of Iraqi Breed Pekin Ducks

Fifty white male one week old Iraqi Pekin ducks were used to investigate their hematological biochemical values. The birds used were purchased from the commercial breed of poultry farming halls of Animal Production Department in Kufa Technical Institute; bred for 8 weeks, then, 5 ml of blood per bird was collected via brachial vein and send to lab to be analyzed. Some of important results were measured as (mean ± standard deviation) as follows: red blood cell (RBC) 4.650±0.761 x 10⁶/cubic millimeter (c mm), hemoglobin (HB) 13.293±1.6467 g/dl, packed cell volume (PCV) 39.103±2.6397%, white blood cell (WBC) 8.243 ± 2.3372 x 10³/cmm, Lymphocyte 19.433±5.6466 x 10³/cmm, Cholesterol 144.447 ± 28.3941 mg/dl, Glucose 261.007±66.7837 g/dl, total serum protein 4.405±1.6086 g/l, sodium 155.543±12.0153 m mol/l potassium 3.740 ± 1.7138 g/l and calcium 9.610±2.5395 mg/dl.