author(s)
LA Pangaonkar, VR Patodkar, PV Mehere, MB Amle, AV Khanvilkar and SB Lambate

abstract
The present investigation was carried out to study the seasonal variations on plasma copper and zinc during the summer and rainy season in Deccani sheep. Plasma copper and zinc were were analyzed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy. Statistical analysis of plasma copper during the summer and rainy season indicated non-significant results with numerically higher values in summer (1.20 ± 0.15) than rainy season (0.94 ± 0.06) whereas, significantly (P<0.01) higher levels of plasma zinc were reported during summer (1.81 ± 0.13) than rainy (1.10 ± 0.07) season. It was concluded that seasonal variation was reflected by a positive correlation with THI in the levels of plasma copper and zinc.