Abstract:
Detailed study of mild and advanced cases of pregnancy toxaemia was
carried out on 39 affected goats. 15 of these goats were diagnosed as mild
cases of the disease , whereas 24 of them were considered as advanced
cases .
The estimation of blood glucose , plasma protein, plasma creatin kinase
pyruvate, lactate dehydrogenase, in addition to blood urea nitrogen
was carried out . The results were compared with those obtained from
healthy pregnant goats .
The results of the present investigation showed that blood glucose level is
low in all the affected goats . However level of plasma lactate , pyruvate ,
urea nitrogen and creatinine kinaze in the same goats were highly
increased . These results suggest that the main cause of death among
pregnancy toxaemic goats may be due to kidney and liver dysfunction
