TY  - JOUR
T1  - Serum Metabolic Profile of Idiopathic Emaciated Buffaloes
AU - Ellah, Mahmoud R. Abd 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 10
IS  - 18
SP  - 2456
EP  - 2458
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2011.2456.2458
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2011.2456.2458
KW  - Buffaloes
KW  -emaciation
KW  -phosphorus
KW  -zinc
KW  -serum
KW  -muscle mass
KW  -Egypt
AB  - The goal of the present study was to evaluate the serum metabolic profile of idiopathic emaciated buffaloes. A total number of 20 non-pregnant buffaloes were subjected to study. Out of them, 10 buffaloes had poor coat, poor general body condition score which constituted the emaciated group. The remained animals (10) were clinically healthy and kept as control group. There were no postmortem pathological affections in the internal organs of animals except loss of fat depot and decrease of skeletal muscle mass. Serum biochemical analysis revealed significant decreases in serum total proteins (p<0.01), albumin (p<0.05), phosphorus (p<0.05) and zinc (p<0.01) levels. It could be concluded that the cause of emaciation in the investigated buffaloes may be attributed to zinc and phosphorus deficiency.
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