Diagnostic value of integral indexes of intoxication to assess the risk of complications development in gastric and intestinal diseases of calves

Abstract

The assessment of the intoxication degree and the state of general organism resistance was carried by identifying “hematological indices” showing the connections between various cell classes of leukocyte formula. Comparison of integral indices of intoxication has recorded “slight degree of intoxication of the organism” in sick calves in 47.6% of cases. In the case of “moderate severity of organism intoxication”, the tension in the hemopoiesis system was recorded in 85.7% of cases, and the imbalance in the reactions of the cellular and humoral link of immunity – in 48.1% cases. For animals with a “severe degree of organism intoxication” imbalance in the links of immunity was determined in 90.9% of cases. According to the results of the determination of LII, LSI and LI, 31.6% calves were identified as having a risk of gastrointestinal complications development, whereas according to the results of CBC only 9.5% animals were classified as a “risk group”.