Antioxidants Profile, Oxidative Stress status, Leukogram and Selected Biochemical indicators in Dairy Cows affected with Mastitis
Emad Abdel-Hamied, Mourad Mahmoud Mahmoud
Abstract
M astitis is a worldwide multi-factorial disease with a great economic importance in dairy animals (Das et al., 2018).It is gaining its importance on account of the poor milk production, reduced milk quality, increased costs of treatment and the early culling of affected animals (Qayyum et al., 2016).The disease could be seen in subclinical, acute, chronic and gangrenous forms of udder inflammation (Krishnappa et al., 2016).Clinical form of the disease could be detected through careful clinical examination of the animal.Sudden onset, elevated body temperature, discoloration, hotness, swelling and pain in the mammary gland with physical and chemical changes in the milk are the typical observed clinical findings of acute clinical mastitis (Radostits et al., 2006; Krishnappa et al., 2016).During mastitis levels of most blood constituents are altered due to the discontinuity that occurs in the blood-milk barrier in addition to the impaired secretory activity of the epithelial cells of the mammary gland (Krishnappa et al., 2016).Increased production of free radicals and elevated total oxidant capacity with reduced research