Study on blood gases, Acid-Base balance and the therapeutic evaluation of different protocol of treatment of mastitic cows.

Jafar Karim, Abdulkarim

	Study on blood gases, Acid-Base balance and the therapeutic evaluation of different protocol of treatment of mastitic cows.
The Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine (IJVM)
Article 12, Volume 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-109 PDF (0 K)
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Abdulkarim Jafar Karim
Abstract
This study was planned to reveal the changes in blood gases and acid-base values in mastitic cows and to state the intravenous fluid therapy regimen treatment. A herd with a population of 150 lactating cows was screened for clinical and subclinical mastitis for a period of 6 months. Based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, twenty-eight cows with clinical mastitis were divided in three groups (mastitic not treated (group M), mastitic treated with antibiotic only (group TA) and mastitic treated with antibiotic and fluid therapy (group TAF) and another five healthy cows (group C) served as controls. Blood gases, SCC, CMT scores, udder health status and cure rate were carefully investigated. There was significant differences between PO2, PCO2, BE, and HCO3-concentration in mastitic cows. Increased pH, BE, and HCO3- referred to metabolic alkalosis whereas increased PCO2 indicate compensatory respiratory acidosis. The results of SCC in milk agreed to CMT scores, and to some extent to udder health status among the entire period of study. Cure rate was earlier in group TAF with less number of treatment than in group TA. It has been concluded from this study that administration of fluid therapy might be useful as an adjunct in case of clinical mastitis in cows to get quick clinical recovery with less number of treatments. However, the role of blood gases and acid – base status in mastitis should be investigated in details.

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