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                                                                <journal-id>van vet j</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Van Veterinary Journal</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">2149-3359</issn>
                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2149-8644</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.36483/vanvetj.883472</article-id>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="en">
                                                            <subject>Veterinary Surgery</subject>
                                                    </subj-group>
                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Veteriner Cerrahi</subject>
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                                    <trans-title>İkizliğin İleri gebe koyunlar ve bunların kuzularında  mineral madde, immunglobulin G ve kuzu doğum ağırlığı üzerine etkisi</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>The effect of twinship on mineral matter, immunoglobulin G and lamb birth weight in late pregnant ewes and their newborn lambs</article-title>
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                                                    <contrib-group content-type="authors">
                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5532-0525</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Yenilmez</surname>
                                    <given-names>Kudret</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi.</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9537-6024</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Arslan</surname>
                                    <given-names>Sezai</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>TEKİRDAĞ NAMIK KEMAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0310-5014</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Kılıç</surname>
                                    <given-names>Servet</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>TEKİRDAĞ NAMIK KEMAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5744-7538</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Atalay</surname>
                                    <given-names>Hasan</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>BALIKESİR ÜNİVERSİTESİ, VETERİNER FAKÜLTESİ</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                                                </contrib-group>
                        
                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20210731">
                    <day>07</day>
                    <month>31</month>
                    <year>2021</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>32</volume>
                                        <issue>2</issue>
                                        <fpage>62</fpage>
                                        <lpage>68</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20210223">
                        <day>02</day>
                        <month>23</month>
                        <year>2021</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20210519">
                        <day>05</day>
                        <month>19</month>
                        <year>2021</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 1990, Van Veterinary Journal</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>1990</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Van Veterinary Journal</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <trans-abstract xml:lang="tr">
                            <p>Sunulan çalışmada, ileri gebe koyunlar ve bunlardan doğan kuzularda ikizlik durumunun mineral madde, Immunoglobulin G (IgG) ve kuzu doğum ağırlığı üzerine etkilerini araştırmak amaçlandı. Çalışmanın materyalini gebeliğin 130-150. günleri arasında Kıvırcık ırkı 18 adet koyun ile bunların yeni doğan 27 adet kuzusu oluşturdu. Çalışmaya alınan koyunlar ultrason ile tek gebelik (n=9) ve ikiz gebelik (n=9) taşıyanlar olarak iki gruba ayrıldı. Vücut Kondüsyon Skorları (VKS) belirlendi ve kan örnekleri alındı. Bu koyunlardan doğan kuzular doğar doğmaz hassas terazi ile tartıldı ve doğumdan 24 saat sonra kan örnekleri alındı. Alınan kan örneklerden mineral madde tayini ICP-OES, IgG tayini ELISA ile yapıldı. Koyunlarda serum IgG ve mineral madde düzeylerinin ikizlikten etkilenmediği görüldü (P&amp;gt;0.05). İkiz kuzularda Kalsiyum (Ca) düzeyi tek kuzulara göre önemli derecede yüksekti (P0.05). Tek kuzularda total protein ve globulin değerleri ikiz kuzulara göre anlamlı derecede yüksek bulundu (P</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of twinship on the mineral matter, immunoglobulin G (IgG), and lamb birth weight in late pregnant ewes and their lambs. The material of the study consisted of the 18 Kıvırcık breed ewes, which were 130-150 days pregnant, and their 27 newborn lambs. The ewes included in the study were divided into two groups by ultrasound as those carrying a single pregnancy (n=9) and a twin pregnancy (n=9). Body Condition Scores (BCS) were determined and then their blood samples were taken. The lambs born from these ewes were weighed with precision scales as soon as they were born, and blood samples were taken 24 hours after birth. Mineral substance determination from blood samples was made by ICP-OES, and IgG determination was made by ELISA. It was found that serum IgG and mineral matter levels were not affected by twinship in ewes (p&amp;gt;0.05). Calcium (Ca) level was significantly higher in twin lambs compared to single lambs (p0.05). Total protein and globulin values were significantly higher in single lambs than twin lambs (P</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Late pregnant</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Mineral</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Twin</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Immunoglobulin</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>İkiz</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  İleri gebe</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Mineral</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  İmmunglobulin</kwd>
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