Haematological and serum biochemical profile of bovines infected with infectious bovine rhinotracheitis

Abstract

Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) has quite economic importance as it produces loss to the dairy industries due to the sudden decrease in milk production and causes other ailments in the bovines. As the disease affects multiple body systems like respiratory, nervous, gastrointestinal, reproductive and conjunctival systems, the present study was taken up to read certain clinical parameters in the cattle infected with Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis. A total of 273 animals suspected for IBR where screened by indirect ELISA out of which 72 animals where positive for the presence of IBR antibodies in the serum. The haematological parameters were compared with the reference values, there was a decrease in the number of white blood cells clearly indicating viral infection with a marked rise of the neutrophils and monocytes. The haemoglobin percentage and packed cell volume counts were lower in the infected animals. The biochemical profile showed a significant elevation of SGOT, SGPT, Glucose, creatinine and slight drop in phosphorous whereas the values of globlulin increased and those of albumin decreased while the total protein, bilirubin and alkaline phosphatise remained the same with the values of healthy cattle.