Vol. 11, Special Issue 10 (2022)

Author(s):
Bharat S Siddhapara, Virendra K Singh, Sandhya S Chaudhary, Gopal Puri, Axay B Joshi, Tanvi D Manat and Prashant G Rathod

Abstract:
The present study was conducted to study Clinico-hematological profile of diarrheic Surti buffalo calves. Thirty Surti buffalo calves were selected and divided into two groups viz healthy (n=10) and diarrheic calves (n=20). Recording of clinical profile scores such as fecal consistency, clinical dehydration as well as clinical depression was done simultaneous to blood collection in all the calves as soon as diarrhea was reported. Blood was analyzed for hematological parameters. Scores for fecal consistency, clinical dehydration as well as clinical depression were significantly (p≤0.05) higher in diarrheic calves as compared to healthy calves. Results obtained revealed that as compared to healthy control calves, diarrheic calves had significantly (p≤0.05) higher total erythrocyte count, hemoglobin concentration, hematocrit and mean corpuscular haemoglobin. Therefore, it was concluded that early changes during diarrhoea include increase in scores of fecal consistencies, clinical dehydration as well as clinical depression indicative of mild to moderate severity of diarrhea along with higher hematological parameters.