Improvement of methods of metabolic pathology treatment in cows

Abstract

The research findings on the effectiveness an imp-roved treatment regimen for cattle ketosis are discussed. Ketosis is associated with metabolic disorders which are influenced by unbalanced diets, management period, animal purpose and environmental factors affecting the animal body. Ketosis is common in the last months of pregnancy and during the transit period. In this regard, the urgent task is to study the effectiveness of an improved treatment regimen for ketosis in cattle. The study was conducted on a livestock farm in the Novosibirsk Region in autumn. To conduct the experiment, two groups of five comparable cows (trial and control) were formed. The treatment regimen of both groups included calcium boron-gluconate (20%) and glucose (40%). The control group received Vitam vitamin-amino acid complex and in the trial group, Butofan and Dexamethasone drugs were administered. During the experiment, the clinical signs were examined and blood biochemical tests were made. The clinical study of cows revealed the following signs: general weakness, depression, significant decrease of milk production, high concentration of ketone bodies in the blood (1.8 ± 06 mmol L), low blood glucose (1.15 ± 0.1 mmol L), and low total calcium (1.9 ± 0.1 mmol L). The efficacy of the proposed scheme was confirmed by the dynamics of changes in the clinical status in the studied groups. Thus, in the cows of the trial group, improvement of the main clinical indices was revealed by the 3rd study already, while in the control group, a positive trend was observed at the 4th study only. By the 5th study, there was increased glucose levels (3.6 ± 0.3 mmol L), total calcium content (3.1 ± 0.1 mmol L), and the concentration of ketone bodies returned to physiological standard (0.8 ± 0.2 mmol L). The use of the above drugs in the improved regimen proved to be more efficient than the previous treatment regimen.