Postpartum disorders are a real threat on the animal husbandry, usually result in high mortalities and low fertility rates. So, this research aimed to investigate the most important clinicopathological alterations in the normal postpartum stage and some postpartum disorders in barki ewes and evaluate the importance of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) as biomarkers for postpartum disorders in barki sheep. For this purpose, 80 barki ewes were used for this study, 20 apparently healthy non-pregnant ewes (control group), 20 had a normal postpartum stage, 20 had inflammatory postpartum conditions and 20 had non-inflammatory postpartum conditions. Blood samples were collected from the control group and from other ewes (before and after parturition). The results of this work cleared that the postpartum stage as well as postpartum disorders associated with a significant (P
Key words: Ovine postpartum period, postpartum disorders, clinicopathological changes, matrix metalloproteinases.
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