1994-2018 All Rights Reserved. Online Journal of
Veterinary Research. You may not store these pages in any form except for your
own personal use. All other usage or distribution is illegal under
International copyright treaties. Permission to use any of these pages in any
other way besides the before mentioned must be gained in writing from the
publisher. This article is exclusively copyrighted in its entirety to OJVR
publications. This article may be copied once but may not be, reproduced or
re-transmitted without the express permission of the editor
OJVR
Online Journal of Veterinary Research©
Volume 22 (1):25-29, 2018.
Effect
of ascorbic acid in colostrum-deprived neonatal camels
AL-Sultan SI1
1Department of Public Health and
Animal Husbandry, College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Resources, King
Faisal University, P. O. Box 11647, Al-Ahsa 31982,
Saudi Arabia
AL-Sultan SI., Effect of Ascorbic Acid in colostrum-deprived neonatal camels, Onl J Vet Res., 22 (1):25-29, 2018. Deprivation of colostrum in calves results in increased leukocytes,
neutrophils and cortisol, but decreased eosinophils, serum ascorbate and
lysosomal enzyme activity. Camel
neonates were removed from their dams immediately after birth to prevent
suckling and ingestion of colostrum. Groups of nine camels each were left to
suckle their dams (controls), or deprived of colostrum but supplemented with
500ml camel milk given orally at 2h interval from 2 to 20hr after parturition
(Total of 5L/day) and injected subcutaneously with 10 mg/Kg ascorbic acid. Another
9 camels were also deprived of colostrum and given 500 ml camel milk. Blood
samples were collected at days 10 of age. These treatments continued for 10 consecutive
days. Increased leukocyte, neutrophils and decreased eosinophils counts were found
in both colostrum deprived groups compared with controls. Daily subcutaneous
administration of ascorbic acid in colostrum-deprived calves increased serum
ascorbate and lysosomal activity but had no effect on other parameters.
Keywords: Ascorbic acids, colostrums, immunostimulant,
camel calves.
FULL-TEXT (SUBSCRIPTION OR PURCHASE ARTICLE)