دراسة تجريبية لحموضة الكرش و تأثيره على مستوى بعض المعادن في مصل الحملان

Abstract EN

Rumen acidosis is one of the most important disease in ruminants which occurred due to fermentation problems that threatens the life of the animal in most cases, which occurs as a result of taking large quantities of highly fermentable carbohydrate.

Because the importance of the disease and its direct impact on some of the elements of blood, so this study was conducted to found the relationship between rumen acidosis and its effect on some of the elements in the blood serum.

Ten Awassi lambs aged 6-8 months, weights ranging between 20-31 kg.

were used.

The experiment was conducted at the station in College of Veterinary Medicine.

Lambs were divided randomly into two groups (5 lambs per group).

Treatment group was given 10 g/kg of sugar at the first day, then fed on Alzahdi dates for 8 weeks.

Serum calcium values observed a few declined in treatment group, the highest decline was showed at 72 hours (8.69 mmol./L) after induction of the ruminal acidosis.

Also slight decrease of sodium level at 36 hours post giving of sugar in the treatment group (134.54 ± 5.94).

While potassium level was showed at 12 hours compared with the control group.

The decline continued until 72 hours back to normal in the second week, No significant different was showing between treated and control groups.

This study was concluded to study the effect of the ruminal acidosis on calcium and sodium and potassium level in the blood serum.