Researches on blood glucose values in pregnancy and lactation period of cows and diagnosis of subclinic ketosis
This investigation was carried out on 40 lactating Brown- Swiss at the age of 3-4 years belonging Konya Zootechnical Research Institute and on 2 cows with ketosis that were brought to ourclinics.<p> Before starting the experiments all of the cows were inspected clinically. Twenty cows which ar...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Selcuk University Press
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| Series: | Eurasian Journal of Veterinary Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://eurasianjvetsci.org/pdf.php3?id=898 |
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| Summary: | This investigation was carried out on 40 lactating Brown- Swiss at
the age of 3-4 years belonging Konya Zootechnical Research Institute and on 2 cows with ketosis that were brought to ourclinics.<p>
Before starting the experiments all of the cows were inspected clinically.
Twenty cows which are due 30 days at maximum for calving and
10 lactating cows that were already parturated in o- 10 days were selected.
In addition, 10 cows that were parturated 6 months ago were included
for experiments as a control.<p>
It was determined that all the animals during the pregnancy period
w ere inefficien tly fe ed with coarse and consen tradet feed stuffs for the
purpose of normal and easy parturation, and they gave lesser milk pro.
duction as such 4- 5 litres per day on the average.<p>
Blood glucose levels were measured in all the cows at about 10 days
before calving and at the 10<sup>th</sup>, 20<sup>th</sup> and 30<sup>th</sup> days of it there- after, and
milk keton bodies were tested in milk and urine by rothera method.<p>
Blood glucose values of all the animalls ·at about 10 days before calving
and at the 10<sup>th</sup>, 20<sup>th</sup> and 30<sup>th</sup> days of it were found to be 37.5 mg/dl,
32.5 mg/dl and 30.4 mg/dl respectively. It was determined that these
values were increased up to 45.8 mg/dl after the addition of molassed
sugar pulp to their ration 10 day later.<p>
On the other hand, the blood glucose levels in· 2 cows with ketosis
were 23 mg/dl at average. Following the treatment all of the animals
were recovered and their blood glucose levels increased to 52.5 mg/ dl. |
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| ISSN: | 1309-6958 2146-1953 |