Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXIII, Issue 1
Written by Marinela ENCULESCU, Adrian BOTA, Horatiu BUJDEI
The knowledge of haematological and urine biomarkers is useful to diagnose various metabolic and pathological disorders, which have a negative impact on the overall performances of dairy species. The aim of this study was to investigate the haematological and urine parameters in lactating dairy cows comparative with lactating buffaloes. The study was carried out on sixty-eight Romanian Black and Spotted cattle and on fifty Romanian buffalo. The obtained values for hemoglobin concentration (HGB), hematocrit percentage (HCT), white blood cells count (WBC), lymphocytes percentage (LY), monocytes percentage (MO), and neutrophil percentage (NE), varied significantly (p<0.01) between cows and buffaloes. For other haematological indices, such as mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), statistical differences were recorded. Urine examination of cows and buffaloes showed that all the parameters studied were within the normal physiological limits, with minor fluctuations for protein level (30 mg/dl). The obtained results could serve as baseline information for comparison in conditions of nutrient deficiency, physiology and health status of dairy herd’s.
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