Biochemical indices of blood serum in case of associative course of viral respiratory infections in dogs

Abstract

The studies were carried out on 11 dogs at the age from 6 months to 1 year during the outbreak of a respiratory infection; the owners of these dogs sought veterinary medical care in a veterinary clinic in the City of Cheremkhovo, the Irkutsk Region. The materials for the study were blood serum samples. The blood samples were taken from the radial (v. Radialis) or femoral (v. Femoralis) veins using vacutainer tubes with winged needles and SiO₂ coagulation activator. Blood serum was obtained by centrifugation at 1300 rpm for 10 minutes or by settling for 24 hours. Biochemical studies of blood serum were carried out in the diagnostic laboratory of the Cheremkhovo Station for the Control of Animal Diseases, Irkutsk Region, using the BIOLAB-100 analyzer for 8 indices: total protein, total calcium, inorganic phosphorus, glucose, alkali reserve, creatinine, urea and albumin. It was found that for 4 (50%) indices, the values in sick animals corresponded to the normal: total protein, total calcium, inorganic phosphorus and alkali reserve. Regarding 2 (25%) indices, the values in sick animals were higher than normal: creatinine level - by 30.0%, urea level - by 29.3%. The values in sick animals were also below normal for 2 (25%) indices: albumin level - by 36.4%, glucose level - by 28.0%. At the same time, increase or decrease in the values of these indices had various reasons, but it is also possible with pathology of infectious etiology.