Trace minerals profile of blood serum and estrual mucus in repeat breeder Kankrej cows

Aim: The study was carried out with an idea to ascertain involvement of trace minerals in failure of conception in Knakrej cow. Materials and Methods: The animals under study were comprised of 10 normal (Group-I) and 20 repeat breeder (Group-II) Kankrej cows. Blood and estrual mucus of each repeat b...

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Published in:Veterinary World 2013-03, Vol.6 (3), p.143-146
Main Authors: Modi, L.C, Suthar, B.N, Chaudhari, C.F, Chaudhari, N.F, Nakhashi, H.C, Modi, Falguni
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
blood serum
Cattle
estrual Mucus
Health aspects
repeat breeder
Trace elements in nutrition
trace minerals
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Summary:Aim: The study was carried out with an idea to ascertain involvement of trace minerals in failure of conception in Knakrej cow. Materials and Methods: The animals under study were comprised of 10 normal (Group-I) and 20 repeat breeder (Group-II) Kankrej cows. Blood and estrual mucus of each repeat breeding and normally cycling cows were collected aseptically before breeding. The cervical mucus was diluted with triple glass distilled water at the rate of 1: 3 using vertex machine. Serum and diluted mucus was used for the trace minerals estimation. Results: The values observed for copper, iron, zinc and manganese in blood serum of normal and repeat breeding animals was 2.27 [+ or -] 0.05 vs 0.87 [+ or -] 0.02, 1.41 [+ or -] 0.02 vs 0.65 [+ or -] 0.01, 1.94 [+ or -] 0.01 vs 1.78 [+ or -] 0.02 and 0.43 [+ or -] 0.02 vs 0.18 [+ or -] 0.01 ppm, respectively and in estrual mucus it was 1.37 [+ or -] 0.10 vs 0.44 [+ or -] 0.06, 0.74 [+ or -] 0.07 vs 0.33 [+ or -] 0.05, 1.47 [+ or -] 0.10 vs 0.82 [+ or -] 0.06 and 0.29 [+ or -] 0.04 vs 0.23 [+ or -] 0.03 ppm, respectively. All the values in blood serum and estrual mucus were significantly (p < 0.01) higher in normal than repeat breeder cows except manganese in estrual mucus, which was non significantly higher in normal as compared to repeat breeder Kankrej cows. Conclusion: All trace minerals was higher in blood serum of Group I animals as compared to Group II. In estrual mucus except manganese, all trace minerals was higher in normal cows than repeat breeder. Keywords: blood serum, estrual Mucus, repeat breeder, trace minerals
ISSN:0972-8988
2231-0916
DOI:10.5455/vetworld.2013.143-146