Clinical and biochemical status of calves with dyspepsia when using the probiotic “MAXLAC/DW” (Uzbekistan)

Abstract

The article analyzes data on treating calf dyspepsia based on an etiopathogenetic principle aimed at normalizing digestion and metabolism. Calves in the first experimental group were treated with a 6-hour fasting diet, followed by hourly administration of warm rehydration solution (300 ml/10 kg) for six hours. After fasting, calves were fed 350 ml of colostrum and 350 ml of warm saline solution four times a day for the first two days, preceded by 40 ml of artificial gastric juice 15 minutes before colostrum feeding. From the second day, the probiotic Vetom 1.2 (Bacillus subtilis VKPM I-10641) was administered orally at 50 mg/kg four times a day for four days.The second experimental group also underwent a 6-hour fasting diet with hourly administration of warm rehydration solution (300 ml). For the first two days, calves were fed 350 ml of colostrum + 350 ml of warm saline solution four times a day, with 40 ml of gastric juice given 15 minutes before colostrum feeding. On the first and third treatment days, 3 ml of water-soluble trivitamin was added to colostrum. From the second day, the probiotic MAXLAC/DW, containing Enterococcus faecium (DSM 7134), was administered orally at 1g three times a day with colostrum for four days. Intramuscular injections of citrated maternal blood irradiated with ultraviolet rays (0.5 ml/kg) were given every 48 hours, three times in total. The control group received a fasting diet and hourly administration of 500 ml of warm saline solution. Intramuscular injections of the antibiotic Macrolan 200 (1 ml/10 kg) were given once a day for five days. The study revealed that the most positive results were observed in calves from the second experimental group. Thus, a comprehensive method for treating calf dyspepsia has been developed improving digestion, metabolic processes normalizing intestinal microbiota, contributing to the treatment of dysbiosis, reducing metabolic acidosis, intoxication as well as weel dehydration.