Clinico-hematobiochemical and Pathological Study of Acute Nutritional Muscular Dystrophy of Adult Buffalo Calves at Basrah, Iraq

Autor: kamal Alsaad
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: kamal Alsaad
ISSN: 2357-089X
DOI: 10.21608/ejvs.2021.67877.1224
Popis: Clinical, biochemical and pathological studies of adult buffalo calves at Basrah, Iraq were conducted on 64 suspected calves with muscular dystrophy, and other 10 clinically healthy animals was served as controls. Suspected calves have a history of recent turnout of exercise and reared in lush green grazing areas. Diseased calves showed different clinical signs, include sudden onset of dullness, Loss of appetite, lateral recumbence and difficulty to rise , panting with mouth breathing, Irregular heartbeats on auscultation, and acute death within 24hrs. However, Macrocytic normochromic anemia was detected by the hematological examinations. A significant hypo -thrombocytopenia and a significant difference of clotting factor indices were also indicated. Moreover, the results of the biochemical changes showed a statistically significant decrease (P
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