Saliva as a Potential Source of Biomarkers in Cows with Metritis: A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT: Metritis affects 5-20% of cows after parturition, negatively impacting animal welfare and the profitability of dairy farms, increasing culling rates and costs, and decreasing productivity and reproduction rates. This study compared the results of a comprehensive biochemical panel consisting of 25 salivary and 31 serum analytes between healthy cows (n = 16) and cows with metritis (n = 12). Descriptive parameters such as depression, rectal temperature, body condition score (BCS), heart rate, respiratory rate, mucous color, ruminal motility, vaginal discharge, milk production, and complete hematology analyses were also assessed for comparative purposes. The biochemistry analytes comprised five analytes related to stress, five to inflammation, five to oxidative status, and ninete

SUBMITTER: Vallejo-Mateo PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11435728 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature