Authors : Sampurna Nand Yadav, Debendra Nath Kalita, Arabinda Phukan, Tolan Chandra Dutta, Gauranga Mahato, Shantanu Tamuly, Ditul Barman and Abdus Saleque
Abstract: The aim of this research was to evaluate the effect of sub-clinical ketosis on certain physiological parameters (temperature, respiration rate and pulse rate) of goats. A total of 210 pregnant and lactating goats were screened for sub-clinical ketosis. Goats having blood ketone (β-hydroxybutyrate) >0.4 mmol L–1 and glucose <30 mg dL–1 were considered positive for sub-clinical ketosis. Out of 210 goats 30 animals were diagnosed as sub-clinical ketotic. Affected goats were divided in to four groups for physiological studies with six animals in each group and another six animals were kept as healthy control for comparative studies. Goat suffered from sub-clinical ketosis had non significant change (with in normal limit) physiological parameters from healthy animal. The above result manifested that there is no remarkable alteration in physiological parameters in sub-clinical ketosis testifying the fact that physiological parameters changes only in clinical form of the disease.
Sampurna Nand Yadav, Debendra Nath Kalita, Arabinda Phukan, Tolan Chandra Dutta, Gauranga Mahato, Shantanu Tamuly, Ditul Barman and Abdus Saleque, 2017. Study on Physiological Parameters of Sub-Clinical Ketosis Goat. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 16: 67-68.