CLINICAL, HEMATOLOGICAL AND SOME BIOCHEMICAL ALTERATIONS IN CALVES DURING DIARRHEA
- Department of Animal Medicines, Faculty of Vet. Med. Assiut University, Egypt.
- Department of Parasitology and Animal Diseases, National Research Center, Egypt.
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From different farms in menofia governorate, Blood and serum samples were collected from 25 diseased crossbreed Egyptian calves (3-6 months old) and 10 apparent healthy calves to be used as control. The diseased calves were suffering from diarrhea, anorexia, depression, depraved appetite, hyperthermia, rough hair coat, weakness and loss of body weight. Careful clinical examinations as respiration, pulse, rumen function, reflexes were manually recorded in all animals. Fecal samples were screened for parasitic load using standard techniques (Coles, 1986). The estimated values of total RBCs, Hb, and MCH showed significant decrease in diarrheic calves compared with that in healthy ones. Estimation of serum minerals revealed decrease in calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium levels, with normal physiological serum phosphorus level. Serum, glucose, total protein and albumin were significantly decreased, while, serum globulin were not changed in diarrheic animals compared to healthy ones. Also, significant increase was found in the activities of AST, ALT, in diarrheic calves compared to normal ones.
[Galbat S. A., El-Shemy A., Keshta. H. G. (2015); CLINICAL, HEMATOLOGICAL AND SOME BIOCHEMICAL ALTERATIONS IN CALVES DURING DIARRHEA Int. J. of Adv. Res. 3 (Dec). 191-196] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
