Relationship between degree of anemia and blood gases in cattle with theileriosis

Authors : Mehmet TEMİZ, Nuri ALTUĞ, Nazmi YÜKSEK

Pages : 82-87

Doi:10.3906/vet-1305-75

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study was conducted to determine the relationship between the degrees of anemia and blood gases in cattle with theileriosis. It included 28 cattle with theileriosis and 7 healthy animals as the control group. The cattle with theileriosis were divided into 4 groups according to their hematocrit insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Hct); values: cattle with Hct of >26 were considered as nonanemic insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Group 1);, Hct of 20-26 as mildly anemic insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Group 2);, Hct of 14-19 as moderately anemic insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Group 3);, and Hct of 10-13 as severely anemic insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Group 4);. The PCO2, HCO3, and TCO2 levels in the study groups were lower than those of the control group. Moreover, reductions in HCO3 and TCO2 concentrations were significant only in the severely anemic group. Similarly, the lowest PCO2 levels were also detected in the severely anemic group. There were no significant differences in the SO2 levels between the control and study groups. On the other hand, the increase was significant in the severely anemic group when compared to Groups 1 and 2. The results seemed to indicate the trend of uncompensated metabolic acidosis in theileriosis cases with severe anemia; thus, veterinary surgeons should bear this in mind when evaluating the prognosis for such cases.
Keywords : Key words Anemia, blood gases, cattle, theileriosis