INDICATORS OF PROTEIN METABOLISM IN CALVES WITH BRONCHOPNEUMONIA UNDER INDIVIDUAL THERAPY

Abstract

Respiratory diseases of animals are a significant problem in veterinary medicine. They cause a lot of economic damage to farms, consisting of decreasing productivity and breeding qualities of animals and their deaths. The significant spread of respiratory diseases in animals is caused by decreasing natural resistance due to violation of the housing technology, as well as a high concentration of opportunistic and pathogenic microflora in the indoor air. The results of individual therapy in calves with nonspecific catarrhal bronchopneumonia with the use of the drug Calfmin, which is based on compounds of biogenic micro- and macroelements, and plant immunomodulators, are presented. The clinical parameters of calves, namely, habitus, condition of hair, skin, visible mucous membranes, superficial lymph nodes, body temperature, number of respiratory movements, and heart contractions were studied during bronchopneumonia and their changes under individual treatment of animals. The indicators of protein metabolism in the blood serum of clinically healthy and calves with nonspecific bronchopneumonia were also studied. The content of total protein, albumin, α-, β- and γ-globulins was examined in the blood serum of calves by nephelometric method using phosphate buffers. The dynamics of the comparative analysis of total protein content and its fractions in the blood serum between calves of separate experimental groups is shown. The results of studies indicate a decrease in the body's natural resistance and suppression of immunity in sick calves and the rapid recovery under the conditions of the application of nanoaquachelate macronutrients in the form of the drug Calfmin in combination with Echinacea

Keywords

• calves
• nonspecific bronchopneumonia
• clinical parameters
• total protein
• albumins
• globulins
• natural resistance