Description of White Blood Cell Difference and Health at Various Levels of Batur Sheep Prolification

Abstract

Twenty Batur sheep were used in this study to know the description of white blood cells (lymphocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, and monocytes) at various levels of prolification. The research material was selected according to the criteria, namely, the average age was 3 years, the condition was 2 months pregnant with at least 2 births at parity. Experimental animals were divided into two groups: 10 animals were categorized as high prolific (number of children ≥2 per birth) and 10 animals were categorized as low prolific (1 child per birth). All experimental sheep were given basal forage and drinking water ad libitum. The observed variables were the differentiation of granulocyte leukocytes which included basophils, eosinophils, and neutrophils, and agranulocyte leukocytes which included lymphocytes and monocytes. The data obtained were analyzed by unpaired student t-test (unequal). The results showed that the level of prolification had no significant effect (P>0.05) on changes in lymphocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, and monocytes. It was concluded that the appearance of lymphocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, and monocytes between low prolific sheep and high prolific sheep were in the normal range with relatively the same concentration.