RESEARCH ARTICLES
METABOLIC PROFILE OF DOWNER COW SYNDROME IN CROSSBRED DAIRY CATTLE
Catherine, M. Khatsu and K.M. Alikutty
Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences.1994. 25:47-49.
Copyright: © 1994 Catherine Nair, et.al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Fourteen field cases of'Downers' in crossbred dairy cows in Trichur district were studied. Highly significant increase in PCV and significant increase in Hb with no significant change ul ESR, RBC and WBC were observed. Leukocytic responses observed were neutrophilia and eosinopenia. Biochemically, hypocalcaemia, hypophosphataemia, hypoproteinaemia and hypoalbuminaemia were observed.
