title: Correlation of different biochemical parameters in blood sera of healthy and sick cows.
abstract: Metabolic diseases of cows represent the leading internal pathology in Lithuania in terms of incidence and economic impact. This paper summarizes the mineral metabolic state of milk cows, and details the influence of feeding on serum levels of calcium, nonorganic phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, sodium, glucose, total protein, and urea quantity, and correlationd among them, in healthy dry or post-calving cows as well as in cows with osteomalacia and milk fever after calving. There was less pronounced hypocalcaemia and there were only minor changes in phosphorus, magnesium, potassium and sodium in the serum of healthy dry and post-calving cows that had silage and mineral-vitamin supplements, compared to cows that did not have supplements and silage. There was a fall in calcium and phosphorus (to 1.89 +/- 0.12 mmol/L and 0.71 +/- 0.06 mmol/L, respectively) in the blood of cows sick with milk fever after calving, while levels of magnesium and potassium were increased. The correlation between calcium and phosphorus was r = 0.6993, p < 0.001 in the serum of sick cows. There was a fall in calcium, phosphorus and magnesium (to 1.86 +/- 0.46 mmol/L, 0.75 +/- 0.37 mmol/L, and 0.60 +/- 0.19 mmol/L, respectively) and an increase in sodium level (to 158.90 +/- 19.30 mmol/L) in the blood of cows with osteomalacia in comparison with healthy cows.
authors.affiliation: Lithuanian Veterinary Academy Veterinary Institute, Instituto g. 2, LT-4230 Kaisiadorys, Lithuania. klimienei@yahoo.com
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Klimiene
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Spakauskas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matusevicius
mesh_terms: D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D002417:Cattle / Q000097:blood*; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D007774:Lactation / Q000097:blood; D008097:Lithuania; D008274:Magnesium / Q000097:blood; D010018:Osteomalacia / Q000097:blood / Q000662:veterinary; D010319:Parturient Paresis / Q000097:blood; D036801:Parturition / Q000097:blood*; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000097:blood; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood; D011247:Pregnancy; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood; D014508:Urea / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D001798:Blood Proteins; D010758:Phosphorus; D014508:Urea; D012964:Sodium; D008274:Magnesium; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium
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