THE EFFECT OF A COMBINED CHANGE OF SOME INDICATORS OF HOMEOSTASIS ON THE REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION OF COWS
Abstract
The progressive development of the livestock industry in Ukraine is based on several basic principles, one of which is reproduction. Effective reproduction of the main herd is a guarantee of sustainable development of each individual animal husbandry and the industry as a whole. With a constant number of livestock in the farm, repairs make up about 25%, and with increasing livestock – from 30% to 40%. A fairly wide range of reasons for the decrease, and sometimes even the complete cessation of the reproductive capacity of cows, is known. To establish specific causes, it is important to develop effective methods of forecasting and diagnosis of gynecological pathologies of cows, especially in the transit period. The purpose of the study was to investigate the correlation between the change in individual biochemical indicators of the blood of cows 30‒60 days after calving and the reproductive capacity of females. The research was carried out during 2021-2023 in farms of the Sumy region with a non-attached type of maintenance. Productivity was at the level of 7200‒7500. Blood for biochemical studies was collected from the subcaudal vein between 30 and 60 days after calving. Subsequently, biochemical studies were carried out according to generally accepted methods. The obtained digital material was processed by methods of variational statistics using SPSS Data editor 17.0 version. A tense protein metabolism in cows in the postpartum period was established, which was characterized by the upper limit of the total protein level – 86.0±2.58 g/l and the protein coefficient – 0.76±0.037 units. A decrease in the level of globules by 1.2 times was recorded in infertile cows, which was accompanied by a decrease in the protein coefficient by 1.24 times. Infertile cows were characterized by an increase in asparataminotransferase and alkaline phosphatase by 1.37 (р≤0.01) and 1.17 times (р≤0.05), respectively. However, in the cows of the first group (fertile animals), a trend of an increase in the de Ritis coefficient by 1.29 times and a decrease in the blood urea nitrogen level by 1.19 times was registered compared to infertile cows. An important prognostic criterion is a 1.13 times higher level of vitamin E (12.8%) in fertile cows. Hypocalcemia and hyperphosphoremia were diagnosed in the blood of infertile cows with a clearance of 1.18 times that of healthy cows (р≤0.05), which caused a tendency to decrease the Ca/P ratio. Changes in biochemical indicators in the blood of animals of both subgroups of all other micro- and macrominerals probably did not differ, with the exception of zinc, the level of which was 1.3 times higher in the blood of infertile animals (р≤0.05).
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