Subacute Ruminal Acidosis and Evaluation of Blood Gas Analysis in Dairy Cow
Joint Authors
Giudice, Elisabetta
Dalvit, Paolo
Cannizzo, Chiara
Gianesella, Matteo
Messina, Vanessa
Morgante, Massimo
Stefani, Annalisa
Source
Veterinary Medicine International
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-09-29
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Subacute Ruminal Acidosis (SARA) corresponds to an imbalance between lactate-producing bacteria and lactate-using bacteria, which results in a change in ruminal pH associated with a prevalent consumption of rapidly fermentable carbohydrates.
In our study, 216 primiparus and multiparus dairy cows were selected from 20 Italian intensive dairy herds and were divided into three groups based on the risk of SARA.
All the dairy cows had high average milk production.
After blood sampling, a complete blood gas analysis was performed.
One-way ANOVA was performed to compare the three groups.
O2 Cont, PCO2, blood pH, O2Hb, urinary pH, and rumen pH were significantly lower in cows with rumen pH<5.5.
These results indicate that blood gas analysis is a valuable tool to diagnose acidosis in dairy cows because it provides good assessment of acidosis while being less invasive than rumen pH analysis.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gianesella, Matteo& Morgante, Massimo& Cannizzo, Chiara& Stefani, Annalisa& Dalvit, Paolo& Messina, Vanessa…[et al.]. 2010. Subacute Ruminal Acidosis and Evaluation of Blood Gas Analysis in Dairy Cow. Veterinary Medicine International،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gianesella, Matteo…[et al.]. Subacute Ruminal Acidosis and Evaluation of Blood Gas Analysis in Dairy Cow. Veterinary Medicine International No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Gianesella, Matteo& Morgante, Massimo& Cannizzo, Chiara& Stefani, Annalisa& Dalvit, Paolo& Messina, Vanessa…[et al.]. Subacute Ruminal Acidosis and Evaluation of Blood Gas Analysis in Dairy Cow. Veterinary Medicine International. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-4.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-468521