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Abstract
A total numberof 151 pregnant Freisian heifers
aged from 18 to 24 months were included in this study
and parted in four groups three of them from Holand and
the fourth from Germany. The frist group of 16 aninals arrived by air
from AmesterDam to Cairo airport in about 7 hours then
by road to the quarantine station in Alexandria in
about 6 hours .No food was offered to the animals during
the journey, but they were watered at Cairo Airport.
The second and the third groups consisted of
2) and )6 animals respectively and the all animals were
transfered from Holland to France by road then
to Alexandria herbour by sea. The fourth group of 76 animals was transfered from
Germanyto Alexandria by sea. The last three groups arrived respectively to Alexandria.
The journey of each took 7 ~. During the ma.- rin journey all the animals were fed b;y hey. All the animals were examinedcinically at their arri val to the quarantine station. Mostof the animals arrived in apparantlT DOl’IIlIoclondiUon, except f,,” sporadic cases were suffering from restlessness, excitement, respiro.tory manifitation shipping fever and diarrhoea. The diseased conditions were detected and isolated for treatment, after analysis of their blood and serum. Significant improvement was recorded after specfic tree... tment. All the animals subJected daily to clinical examination and the average of body temperature, respiratory rate and pulse were 38.2 to 38.9, 20 to 15, 80 to 60
respecti vely. In the same time all the animals were subjected to the following laboratory examinations.
a - Foecal samples were collected from all the animals
directly from the rectum in special containers and were
examined for the presence of internal parasites or ova
by direct or simple smear. b - Blood samples were witbc1rawn by vein puncture of the jugular vein at three oooasions at arrival, after vocinahon and at the eDd of the qW1l’lUltineperiod which
lasts 33 days. Blood samples were allowed. to flow freely IltId sently from the puncture to a 01_ and dry container. Two
blood samples were collected from each animal from both
normal and diseased during each occasion. Onewas collected into a clean and dry labbled bottle with rupber stopper containing ~thylen Diaminetetra acetate as anti- coagulant and this sample was used for determination of haemoglobinand blood cells count.
The second blood sample’ was collected into a clean and dry centrefllgl s tube. The serum obtained by centrifugation of the blOOd sample Wastransfered to a olean
and dry vial and used for estimation of serum calcium, serum inorganic phosphorous, serum magnesi~, total protem, Wltl albUmin.Ser\WIglobulin caloulatod. ari thrnatically.
The obtained results cocerning hasmatological picture indicated that the moanvalues of red blood cello count, white blood cells count and.haemoglobin concent_
ration of the imported cattle at their arrival were in the range of 5.1 to 5.9 rnillion/Cu mrn, 4.1 to 6.2 thousand/Cu _ and IO to II gm% respecrtively, and these values show clear decrease than values recorded in the normal conditions by many workers whorecorded
9.05 million/Cu _, 8.8 thousand/Cummand II.6 gm% rpspectivelYe Aftcr vaccination and at the end of tne quarantine
Plll’iodthe ~evel of the ”’ilthl’ocytj)count, leucocy~e
oount and haomogloLin conoentrution were 1.5 million/
Cu nun, 6.2 thousand/Cu nun and II gm % respectively and
these data indicated significant rises in the level
of erythrocyte count. leucocyte court concentration when be in comparison and haemoglobin with values recor-. ded at their arrival to the quarantine station. The obtained results cocerning biochemical changes in the serum constituents of the imported animals at
their arrival indica.ted tha.tthe mean values of serum
calcium, serum inorganio phosphoroun, serum magnesium,
total protein and albumin were 7.3 mg %, 4.4 mg %, 1.5
mg %. 7 gm %, 3.6 gm % respectively and these are less
than values reported in healthy cattle under normal
conditions which are 10.12 me % for calcium and 0.44
mg % for phosphorous ,~3 mg % for magnesium and 7.4
to 9 gm % for total proteiD, 3.46 gDl ’/.fo1’albumin and
3.94 gm % for globulin.
The biochemical cha.nBes in some serum constituents
in all groups of imported animals after vaccination and
at the end of the quarantine period arel 9.7 mg % for
calcium, 5.17 mg % for inorganio phosphorous, 2.4 mg %
for magnesium and 7.7 gm % for total protein, 3.4 gm %
for albumin and 4.3 gm % for globulin. The most observable criteria of these changes indicated significant increase varied from P 0.05 to
P 0.01 in serum calc.ium, magnesium and total protein
and albumin speoially after vaccination and at the
end of quarantine period in comparison with the values
of these parameters at their arrival to the quarantine
station. Concerning diseases affecting animals during the quarantine period, it was found that diarrhoea, respiratory
manifistations and shipping fever were the most promenant
and in sporadic cases, and these were treated by New di~
rhestine, Trivetrin and antibiotlcs respectively.