Hemoglobin polymorphism in different animal species in Iraq

This study was conducted for studying hemoglobin types in farm animals (cattle, sheep and poultry) in central part of Iraq. The results revealed that the fixation of hemoglobin type A in Friesian cattle which was born and raised in Baghdad. While in sheep; hemoglobin type B was dominant in the three major native breeds of sheep (Awassi, Arrabi and Karradi), the Genotypes frequencies of hemoglobin type B were 0.96, 0.98 and 0.95 respectively. In white leghorn which was raised in middle part of Iraq and in compared with the native breed showed both types of hemoglobin (A and B) in different frequencies