Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXV, Issue 1
Written by Svetoslava STOYCHEVA, Tsvetomira BANCHEVA, Lora MONDESHKA, Tsvetelina DIMITROVA, Miroslav HRISTOV, Nikolay MARKOV
Rectal temperature dynamic was studied in newborn kids of different type of birth during the first hour of postnatal life. The study involved 37 goat kids of Bulgarian White Dairy breed and its crossbreeds with Anglo-Nubian and Togenburg - 19 single kids and 36 twins kids. Rectal temperature of the newborns kids was recorded at birth, at 15, 30, 45 and 60 min after delivery. The dynamic of the rectal temperature during the first hour after birth did not differ significantly in single and twins. In both singles and twins, the rectal temperature began to decline, with singles it reached its minimum on the 45th minute and on the 30th in twins. The difference between the highest and the lowest value of the indicator was 0.94ºC in the singles and 0.77ºC in the twins. The established values indicated activation of appropriate thermoregulatory responses responsible for the kid's ability to maintain the body's homeotherm within normal physiological limits during the early postnatal period.
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