Analysis of cardiac arrhythmias and electrocardiographic indices of clinically healthy Saanen goats in different sexes and age groups

Samimi, Amir Saeed; Aghamiri, S.M.S.; Tajik, Javad; Taheri, Talieh; Eshteraki, Reza

doi:10.15312/eurasianjvetsci.2015413489

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“…Electrocardiography (ECG) is a noninvasive, practical technique and inexpensive method to determine the disturbances of the cardiac electrical activity (Escudero et al, 2009;Samimi et al, 2015). ECG records have been introduced as an accu-rate and very useful tool for evaluation and comparison of cardiac function, diagnosis and classification of cardiac arrhythmias in small ruminants (Cebra & Cebra, 2012;Escudero et al, 2009).…”

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A serial evaluation of electrocardiographic indices and cardiac arrhythmias during pregnancy, lactation and dry periods in Saanen goats

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Aghamiri³

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SummarySamimi, A. S., J. Tajik, S. M. Aghamiri & A. Karimi, 2018. A serial evaluation of electrocardiographic indices and cardiac arrhythmias during pregnancy, lactation and dry periods in Saanen goats. Bulg. J. Vet. Med., 21, No 1,[59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66] Aim of this study was to investigate the effects of lactation, pregnancy and dry period on electrocardiographic (ECG) parameters and cardiac arrhythmias in the Saanen goat. A total of twenty female adult clinically healthy Saanen goats 3 years of age with a body condition score of 3.5 and average weight of 30.2±2.20 kg were randomly selected. The whole duration of the study (8 months) was divided into four periods including dry and non-pregnant (P 1 ), 2 months pregnant (P 2 ), 4 months pregnant (P 3 ), and lactating (P 4 ) periods. In late pregnancy and lactation periods, the amplitudes of P, QRS and T waves were significantly higher compared to other periods (P<0.01). P-R, Q-T and R-R intervals in late pregnancy were significantly shorter and heart rate was significantly higher than those in other periods. Sinus arrhythmias were the only irregularity observed on the ECG traces and were diagnosed in 30%, 15%, 20% and 35.25% of the goats in P 1 , P 2 , P 3 and P 4 , respectively. There were no significant difference in configuration of ECG waves and cardiac arrhythmias among different periods. Based on the results of the present study, it was concluded that although no cardiac morphological changes have been reported in goats during the lactation, late pregnancy and dry periods, significant changes in ECG parameters were observed in base-apex lead in Saanen goats during late pregnancy and lactation periods. The physiological cardiac arrhythmias and variations in ECG parameters observed during different periods in the current study can be used as a base to achieve more accurate diagnoses of heart diseases using ECG.

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“…They originated in the Saanen valley of Switzerland (Ishag et al, 2012). Saanen goat is probably the most developed dairy breed among other goat breeds (Ellitok, 2012;Ishag et al, 2012;Samimi et al, 2015).…”

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A serial evaluation of electrocardiographic indices and cardiac arrhythmias during pregnancy, lactation and dry periods in Saanen goats

Samimi¹,

Tajik²,

Aghamiri³

et al. 2018

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Second-degree atrioventricular block in a diarrheic calf-camel (Camelus dromedarius)

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Tajik

2016

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Changes of acute-phase proteins during different physiological conditions in dairy Saanen goats

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Analysis of cardiac arrhythmias and electrocardiographic indices of clinically healthy Saanen goats in different sexes and age groups

Abstract: Klinik olarak sağlıklı farklı yaş ve cinsiyette olan Saanen keçilerinde kardiyak aritmi ve elektrokardiyografik göstergelerin analizi

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A serial evaluation of electrocardiographic indices and cardiac arrhythmias during pregnancy, lactation and dry periods in Saanen goats

A serial evaluation of electrocardiographic indices and cardiac arrhythmias during pregnancy, lactation and dry periods in Saanen goats

Second-degree atrioventricular block in a diarrheic calf-camel (Camelus dromedarius)

Changes of acute-phase proteins during different physiological conditions in dairy Saanen goats

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