The objective of this investigation is to evaluate the level of the some minerals
(sodium, potassium and calcium) in the soil, forage and sheep serum, the specimens
were 1 Kg of soil and forage and 10 blood samples taken from each district (Nasriya
and Shatra) in Thi-Qar province.
The results show that significant (p≤0.05) increase in the sheep serum sodium
concentration in Nasriya region (44.21±14.9) Mmol/L compared with the Shatra
(34.84±6.61) Mmol/L, while the potassium concentration in sheep serum appeared a
significant (p≤0.05) decrease in Nasriya district (6.23±1.00) Mmol/L compared with
Shatra(13.16±2.42) Mmol/L but there is no significance (p≤0.05) change found in
sheep serum calcium between the two studied areas in Nasryia was (0.40±0.12) Mg/dl
but Shatra was (0.24±0.05) Mg/dl.
The sodium level in the forages is high but not significant(p≤0.05) in the
Nasriya(0.369±0.101)when compared with Shatra(0.321±0.011) g/Kg The potassium
in forages is higher in Nasriya (0.411±0.011) g/Kg but not significant (p≤0.05) when
compared with Shatra (0.255±0.011) g/Kg Calcium of forage was decreased in
Nasryia (0.136±0.012) g/Kg but in Shatra was (0.355±0.044) g/Kg with no
significancy (p≤0.05).
In soil sodium of Nasryia is high (0.942±0.051) g/Kg but not significant
(p≤0.05) and in Shatra was (0.887±0.032) g/Kg, the potassium in soil of Nasryia was
(0.418±0.023) g/Kg but not significant (p≤0.05) and in Shatra was(0.424±0.022) g/Kg Calcium is higher in Nasriya soil (0.602±0.043) g/Kg but lower in soil of Shatra was
(0.657±0.048) g/Kg with no significancy (p≤0.05).