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BENHA VETERINARY MEDICAL JOURNAL, VOL. 23, NO. 2, DEC. 2012: 13-23

BENHA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

BENHA VETERINARY MEDICAL JOURNAL

METABOLIC PROFILE TEST FOR MONITORING THE CLINICAL, HAEMATOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ALTERATIONS IN CATTLE DURING PERI-PARTURIENT PERIOD Ghanem, M.M.a, Mahmoud, M.E.a, Abd El-Raof, Y.M.a, El-Attar, H.M.a a

Animal Medicine Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, b Veterinary Medicine directorate, Kalyobia Governorate

ABSTRACT The aim of this work was to utilize the metabolic profile test (MPT) for evaluation of the changes in Friesian cows (n=25) during the peri-parturient period in association with body condition score (BCS) using multiparous postpartum cow (n=20) and heifers (n=5). The clinical signs included anemia during the pre-parturient period, and hypocalcaemia and ketosis during the post-parturient period. RBCs count, hemoglobin concentration, packed cell volume, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration significantly (P