Hematological parameters of blood of dairy goats of the Alpine breed. Legal regulation in veterinary medicine
Abstract
Dairy goat breeding is one of the most promising areas of animal husbandry. This is primarily due to the fact that goat's milk is an excellent alternative to cow's milk for people with lactose intolerance. When breeding highly productive dairy animals, agricultural producers face the problem of metabolic diseases. This group of pathologies leads to a significant decrease in productivity and quality of products, and their early detection at the prodromal stages of development is possible only by analyzing the clinical and biochemical status of animals. It should be borne in mind that within the same animal species, the values of the main hematological parameters will depend on the direction of productivity. Therefore, for a competent assessment of the clinical and biochemical status, it is necessary to know their digital values not only within a particular breed, but also among various technological groups of animals. Given this circumstance, the goal was set to determine the digital values of the main biochemical markers of blood in clinically healthy Alpine goats at the end of the breeding period. The subject of the study was venous blood, which was analyzed using a MNCHIP Celercare V5 veterinary automatic biochemical analyzer. All the received digital material was subjected to statistical processing. It was found that the studied animals showed an increase in ALT activity, triglycerides, bile acids, and total bilirubin concentrations, which is likely due to the development of fatty hepatosis due to an unbalanced diet. Based on the fact that the study was conducted on clinically healthy animals, the identified values of the main biochemical markers of blood, with the exception of the above, can be recommended as indicative values when assessing the biochemical status of 3-4-year-old Alpine goats at the end of the breeding period.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Animal Nutrition and Health
Animal health and immunology
Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Legal regulation in veterinary medicine
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 223–226
- Publication date
- 11 February 2026
- Language
- EN