Evaluating Serum Lipid Profile in Bacterial Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) Affected Calves Joshi Vivek*, Ph. D. Scholar, Gupta V.K., Senior Scientist, Dimri U., Principal Scientist and Head, Mandal Ravi Shankar Kumar, Ph. D. Scholar, Sharma Dushyant Kumar, Ph. D. Scholar Division of Medicine, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, Bareilly-243122, Uttar Pradesh * Corresponding author. E-mail: joshignet@gmail.com
Online published on 2 April, 2016. Abstract 18 Calves (6 healthy and 12 affected with bovine respiratory disease) were selected based on clinical scoring system. Deep nasopharyngeal swabs were taken for gram staining and bacterial isolation. Bacteria were confirmed according to the standard laboratory procedures. Quantification of serum concentrations of total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) was undertaken. Comparative evaluation revealed decrease in total cholesterol and high density lipoprotein concentrations along wih increase in serum triglycerides and low density lipoprotein concentrations along with marked oxidative stress and hepatopathy in calves. Top Keywords Bacteria, bovine respiratory disease, calf, cholesterol. Top |