title: [Labor induction in cows and its effect on the development of biochemical and hematologic indicators in the blood of calves].
abstract: The effect of induction of parturitions in the 1-2 weeks of pregnancy was tested as exerted on the health of calves and on some biochemical and hematological indicators. The observations concerned 26 cows, out of which 14 cows (experimental group) were applied intramuscularly 500 micrograms of synthetic analog of prostaglandin F2 of alpha- cloprostenol. The other 12 cows were a control group. These indicators were determined in the blood of calves before colostrum intake, in 24 h, 5 and 15 days from the intake of the first colostrum ration: acid-base balance, hematocrit and leucocyte counts, in the blood plasma it was concentrations of glucose, urea, Na, K, Ca, inorganic P, vitamin A and E levels and AST and GMT activities. The same range of examinations was performed in the blood and/or in the blood plasma of cows, in addition to urea screening. Blood and urea samples were taken a month before and a month after parturition. No deviations from the normal state were found by the examination of highly-pregnant cows. Afterbirth retention was found in 87% cows of the experimental group after parturition, while it was only 9.8% in the control group. All the calves in the experiment had good vitality, very good health in the course of 15-day observation. There were not any significant differences in the birth weight and weight gains of the calves of experimental and control groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Vysoká skola veterinární a farmaceutická, Brno.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bouda
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Doubek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Muzík
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Toth
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000097:blood; D002417:Cattle / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D007751:Labor, Induced / Q000662:veterinary*; D011247:Pregnancy
vernacular_title: Indukce porodu u krav a její vliv na vývoj biochemických a hematologických ukazatelů v krvi telat.