MORPHOFUNCTIONAL PARAMETERS OF THE BLOOD OF SHEEP DURING PREGNANCY AND THE POST PARTUM PERIOD IN CONDITIONS OF IODINE DEFICIENCY ZONE OF THE STAVROPOL TERRITORY

is an endemic region for iodine. The study of blood composition is one of the most important indicators that characterize the physiological state of animals and their adaptive capacity, especially in endemic areas. The aim of the study was to study the morphological and functional parameters of blood of sheep during pregnancy and after childbirth in the Eastern (iodine deficiency) zone of the Stavropol territory. Research was carried out in 2016–2018 in sheep farms located in the Eastern zone of the Stavropol territory and in the Scientific-diagnostic and Medical-veterinary Center of Stavropol State Agrarian University. For research, the object was the blood of clinically healthy sheep of the Stavropol breed, taken before insemination, on the 90th and 135th days of pregnancy and in the postpartum period. As a result of