HEMOLEUCOGRAM CHANGES ON CALVES WITH NEONATAL DIARRHEA TREATED WITH PROPOLIS TINCTURE, MINT AND BILBERRY EXTRACTS

Abstract

SUMMARY Because of increased morbidity and mortality, the n eonatal diarrhea syndrome represents one of the main problems with economical lasts found in youth bovine breeding. Ecological farms are starting to develop in Romania and the use of antibiotics and chemioterapics will soon be restricted. In this study we tried to replace the classical the rapy with fitotherapy, in the classical treatment of neonatal diarrhea syndrome on calves. The calves taken into study presented variable inte nsity of diarrhea discharges. The treatment was made for six days, twice daily with 5 ml of plant extracts (3). The blood samples were taken before, during and after treatme nt and the results were presented as medium values. Following fluids lost by diarrhea and hemoconcentra tion, hemoglobin value was 11,63 mg/dl. After three days of treatment the value decr eased at 10,3 mg/dl, respectively after six days at 10,1 mg/dl, these values being between phys iological limits. The evolution of hematocrit is directly correlated with hemoglobin a nd erythrocytes number. At the beginning of the study hematocrit was 55,4% and at the end of treatment 38,1% that is between normal limits (1, 2). The variation of leukocyte formula is in concordanc e with the literature, a slightly increase in lymphocytes number being noticed at the beginning of the treatment. Concerning monocytes, basophiles and eosinophiles their values were between, physiological limits. In conclusion, these plant extracts have shown effi ciency in 85 % of the cases from this study. Because these natural products do not c ontain any antibiotic or chemiotherapic residues, the ecological farms have a real interest for them. Also, these products have a long period of preservation.