Haematobiochemical, vitamin and hormone profile of macro mineral deficient cattle of Northern India

Abstract

The study was conducted in 2 phases, initially a survey was conducted in certain parts of Northern India to record the prevalence ofmineral deficiency in bovine. Soil samples (547), fodder samples (609) and serum samples (638) were collected from the districts ofNainital, Almora, Bageshwar, U.S. Nagar, Pilibhit, Bareilly, Badaun and Rampur. The prevalence of soil Ca, P and Mg deficiency was 21.35%, 23.30% and 28.64%, respectively, while that of fodder Ca, P and Mg deficiency was 13.88%, 16.55% and 19.72%, -respectively. The overall prevalence of serum Ca, P and Mg deficiency was 27.15%, 27.61%and 23.13%, respectively. The correlation ofcoefficient ofCa, P and Mg in soil, fodder and serum was highly significant and in most of the cases the values were above 0.7. The highest deficiency was observed in plain region, followed by Tarai (foothills of Himalayas) region and then hilly region. Regarding haemafobiochemical profile significant decrease in Hb, TEC was observed while the values of TLC were slightly higher in deficient buffaloes. The values of serum enzymes, viz. AST, ALT and Cp was lower whereas that ofSAP was higher. The values ofthyroid hormones (T3 and T4) and vitamins (A and E) were significantly lower in deficient animals.