Electrocardiographic changes in awassi diarrheic suckling lambs in Iraq Islam.Jawad. Alkhafaji, Alaa Kamil Mahmood.

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Islam Jawad . Alkhafaji

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This study was done to investigate the electrocardiographic changes in 90 diarrheic nursed Awassi lambs, in comparison with 10 clinically healthy lambs of the same breed. Their ages were ranged from 5 days to 2 months, in Karbala City-Iraq, from November 2015 to April 2016. The  diarrheic lambs showed significant (P≤0.05) decreased duration of  P-wave (0.039±0.0000001 ms and shorter QRS wave amplitudes 0.6 0±0.042 mV with  duration 0.041±0.0008 ms  , higher T wave amplitude and   duration (  0.25±0.034 mV  and 0.070±0.002 ms)  , prolonged QT (0.21±0.004 ms) but  ST-segment  ( 0.17±0.004 ms) were its observed  sinus arrhythmia with tachycardia in  lead-II  in diarrheic lambs were recorded  compared with  non-diarrheic lambs group which their QRS duration and amplitude were it was (0.04±0.000001ms and 0.65±0.026 mV ) , T waves duration and amplitude were (  0.076±0.004 ms and 0.21±0.012 mV  )   QT interval (0.20±0.011 ms) and ST-segment (  0.16±0.011 ms) .The morphological abnormal of ECG changes in diarrheic suckling lambs characterized by a widening or flattening, bifid(mitral) and pulmonale (tall) shape  of P wave, increased P-R interval, increased duration of QRS complex and QT-prolongation, ST-depression or elevation .Inverted or board (slurring) tall, symmetric, peaked shape of T waves. These abnormal shapes appeared alternately   in lead I, II, III, aVR, aVL and aVF. Conclusively the diarrheic lambs showed serious abnormal changes of electrocardiography..

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Electrocardiographic changes in awassi diarrheic suckling lambs in Iraq: Islam.Jawad. Alkhafaji, Alaa Kamil Mahmood. (2022). The Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 43(1), 26-33. https://doi.org/10.30539/iraqijvm.v43i1.467 (Original work published 2019)
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Electrocardiographic changes in awassi diarrheic suckling lambs in Iraq: Islam.Jawad. Alkhafaji, Alaa Kamil Mahmood. (2022). The Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 43(1), 26-33. https://doi.org/10.30539/iraqijvm.v43i1.467 (Original work published 2019)

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