Evaluation of blood biochemical indices in mixed intestinal infections in dogs

Abstract

The study was conducted on 20 dogs at the age of 3-5 years during an outbreak of intestinal infection at the K-9 Kennel in the City of Irkutsk. Blood serum samples were used for the study. Blood samples were taken from the radial or femoral veins using vacuum tubes with a butterfly needle and silicon dioxide clot activator. Blood serum was obtained by centrifugation at 1300 rpm for 10 minutes or by settling for 24 hours. Biochemical tests of the blood serum were performed in the diagnostic laboratory of the Cheremkhovo Animal Disease Control Station in the Irkutsk Region using the BIOLAB-100 analyzer for eight indices: total protein, total calcium, inorganic phosphorus, glucose, alkali reserve, creatinine, urea, and albumin. The analysis of biochemical indices confirmed significant destruction of the internal environment of the body of dogs suffering from associated viral intestinal infections. When analyzing the obtained results, it was found that only 2 (25%) indices were within the normal range in sick animals: total calcium and alkali reserve. For 3 (37.5%) indices, the values in sick animals were above the normal: the urea level - by 15%, creatinine - by 18%, inorganic phosphorus - by 21.1%. Three values (37.5%) in sick animals were also below the normal: total protein - by 42.4%, glucose - by 30.7%, albumin - by 31%. Moreover, increase or decrease in the values of these indices had various causes, but was also possible in pathologies of infectious etiology.