Blood biochemical changes in some important parasitic infestations in goats for clinical appraisal

Recurring losses in productivity are due to the widely prevalent parasitic infection in small ruminants in all system of management worldwide. Effects on important blood biochemicals were estimated in naturally occurring heamonchosis, cestodiasis, coccidiosis and sarcoptic mange in goats for clinical appraisal. The study was conducted at the goat farm of Institute: goats were kept under semi intensive system of management. In naturally infected clinical cases of haemonchosis, blood glucose values (32.68±2.11 mg %), total protein (4.34±0.27 g %), albumin (2.07±0.16 g %) and globulin (2.29±0.16 g %) levels were significantly decreased in comparison to normal cases. indicating systemic influence of infestation. In hacmonchosis, serum iron (39.05±11.0 μg/ml) significantly decreased which was related to the blood loss. Moneizia infection in kids revealed hypoglycemia (33.45±3.58 mg %), hypoalbuminemia (1.77±0.14.5 g %) and lover levels of calcium (6.18± 0. 992 mg %), which suggested deficiency of essential nutrients and energy. In coccidiosis-affected kids the biochemical parameters like serum glucose (28.55±1.32 mg %), albumin (2.97±0.191 g %), calcium (6.88± 0.027 mg %) and globulin (1.72±0.33 g %) significantly declined, due to varying degree or intestinal epithelial damage. In generalized sarcoptic manage in adult goats, serum glucose (34.83±2.27 mg %), total protein (3.70±0.29 g %), albumin (2.80± 0.15 g %) registered significant decrease. Globulin levels (0.90±0.27%) were drastically lower indicating in immunosuppressant effect of mange in goats. AST levels (97.78± 11.23 U/ml) were also increased because of tissue reaction in skin epithelium. This study indicated that parasitic diseases such as haemonchosis, coccidiosis and moneizia infection and mange infestation in goats in different age group severely affected biochemical parameters.