Clinico-therapeutic studies on anaemia in goats (Capra hircus) with reference to copper, cobalt and iron
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2010
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Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner - 334001
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A total of 300 goats were screened to select the positive cases of anaemia for study. Out of total 300, 24 goats suffering from anaemia were classified into 3 groups of 8 each, which were subjected to various drug trials. Another eight apparently healthy goats kept as control were taken from Goat farm, Beechwal, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner. In order to evaluate the therapeutic effects of various combinations of drugs in different groups, Group-I goats were given treatment regimen Tablet COFECU plus, one tablet daily for 30 days and goats of Group-II goats were subjected to treatment regimen of Injection Feritas @ of 1 ml per adult animal with second and third injection 3 days each after first dosing along with Ayumin V5 mineral mixture 10 g daily for 30 days and Group-III goats were given injections of Curan-9 subcutaneously and repeated after 7 days along with mineral mixture Bestmin gold 10 g daily orally for 30 days. The overall prevalence of anaemia in goats in and around Bikaner district of Rajasthan was found to be 19.66 per cent irrespective of age, sex and breed. Prevalence of anaemia in relation with sex revealed that out of 59 positive cases of anaemia, 48 (81.36%) were female and 11 (18.64%) were male. Age wise the prevalence of anaemia was highest at 4 months to 1 year of age (62.71%) followed by 1 to 2 years of age (20.34%) and above 2 years of age (16.95%). The important clinical manifestations observed in the study were partial to complete anorexia, loss of body condition, depression, dry and rough hair coat, pallor mucous membranes, weakness, shuffling gait, tremor, tachycardia, pulse with large amplitude, slight increase in heart beat intensity, loud heart sounds, in few cases exaggerated apex beat, poor exercise tolerance and coughing were also noticed with low productivity in few milking goats. Hb, PCV, TEC, TLC, MCH and MCV parameters showed improvement after treatment but are not comparable with the values recorded for healthy control goats indicating some more duration for better
recovery. No significant variations in neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils and basophils values were observed in anaemic goats. The biochemical parameters revealed decrease in total serum protein, albumin, A: G ratio and glucose values in goats suffering from anaemia, which recovered satisfactorily as a result of treatment regimens given for 30 days. A significant improvement in serum copper, cobalt and iron level were observed after treatment of 30 days in all the groups. Correlation studies revealed highly significant correlation of copper with Hb, PCV, TEC, MCH and MCV. Likewise cobalt exhibited highly significant correlation with Hb, PCV, TEC and MCV and significant correlation with MCH. Similarly, serum iron also had highly significant correlation with Hb, PCV, TEC and significant correlation with MCV and MCH. The correlation of copper, cobalt and iron with MCHC is positive but was statistically nonsignificant. These findings of present study indicated an improvement in haematological as well as biochemical parameters as an effect of treatment with better recovery in G-III group subjected to treatment with injection Curan-9 and Bestmin gold mineral mixture.
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animal husbandry, markets, marketing, livestock, milk products, marketing margins, costs, productivity, economic systems, milk