Studies on clinical and morphological effects of enzootic ataxia on kid goats
2005
Petkov, P. (Trakia University, Stara Zagora (Bulgaria)) | Kanakov, D. (Trakia University, Stara Zagora (Bulgaria)) | Binev, R. (Trakia University, Stara Zagora (Bulgaria)) | Dinev, I. (Trakia University, Stara Zagora (Bulgaria)) | Kirov, K. (Central Laboratory of Veterinary Control and Ecology, Sofia (Bulgaria)) | Todorov, R. (Trakia University, Stara Zagora (Bulgaria)) | Petkova, P. (Trakia University, Stara Zagora (Bulgaria))
This study was carried out on adult goats and their newborns (kid goats) obtained from different farm in the same region of Bulgaria. The animals were divided into four groups: group I - kid goats with clinical signs of ataxia (n=12), group II - kid goats without these clinical signs (n=12), group III - dams of ataxia kid goats (n=6) and group IV - dams of healthy kid goats (n=6). The animals were subjected to full laboratory examinations for the following haematological parameters: haemoglobin, red blood cells count, white blood cells, mean cell volume, haematocrit and differential white cells count. In addition the following mineral levels were measured in serum and liver tissues: Ca, Mg, Cu, Zn, Fe and Se. We observed a fall in body temperature, an increase in heart and respiratory rates, a decrease of haemoglobin and red blood cells levels and changes in differential white cells count in positive cases of this disease. In addition, there we re significant decreases in levels of Cu, Mg, Fe and Se. In liver tissues Cu levels were extremely low.
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