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Year 2003 - Volume 23, Number 1
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A comparative study of some functional exams of the ruminai fluid and of some blood metabolites of cattle and buffaloes, 23(1):33-37
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ABSTRACT.- Barbosa J.D., Ávila S.C., Dias R.V.C., Pfeifer I.B. & Oliveira C.M.C. 2003. [A comparative study of some functional exams of the ruminai fluid and of some blood metabolites of cattle and buffaloes.J Estudo comparativo de algumas provas funcionais do fluido ruminai e de metabólitos sangüíneos de bovinos e bubalinos. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 23(1):33-37. Central de Diagnóstico Veterinário, Universidade Federal do Pará, Rua Maximino Porpino da Silva 1000, Castanhal, PA 68740-080, Brazil. E-mail: diomedes@ufpa.br
ln adult buffaloes and cattle in the Amazonian Region, fed elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum), the following values ofthe ruminai fluid were determined: colour, odor, viscosity, sedimentation, flotation, pH, the reduction of methylene blue, glucose fermentation, total acidity, total number of protozoa, the amount of chlorides, reduction of nitrites and the predominant group of bacteria. ln the blood serum, the amounts of chlorides, total proteins and urea were also established. A comparison between the parameters observed in buffaloes and cattle did not show significant differences, with exception of the amount of chlorides and the number and distribution of protozoa. ln buffaloes the amount of chlorides was lower and the number of protozoa was higher than those observed in cattle; additionally in buffaloes the small protozoa predominated, to the contrary of cattle, in which the large protozoa predominated. |
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