[Systemic effects of ruminal acidosis following ruminal drinking in dairy calves. A retrospective analysis of 293 cases].
In a retrospective study the data of 293 young calves (age upon admission less than four weeks) with evidence of ruminal drinking (rumen pH < 6.0) were analyzed for possible associations between ruminal acidosis and various parameters of systemic acid-base metabolism (blood pH, blood levels of HCO3- and L-lactate, as well as anion gap). On the basis of the degree of ruminal acidosis (pH < 5.0/ > or = 5.0) and evidence of diarrhea, the animals were assigned to one of four groups. The results indicate that severe ruminal acidosis leads to disturbances of systemic acid-base metabolism in young calves, too. With additional diarrhea, those disturbances can be complex.
Dipartimento Clinico Veterinario-Sezione di Medicina Interna, Universität Bologna.
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Klee
D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium; D000138:Acidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000097:blood; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007773:Lactates / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012417:Rumen / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
D001639:Bicarbonates; D007773:Lactates