Evaluation of electrolytes in the serum and ascitic fluid in broilers with Ascites syndrome

Subject Areas : Veterinary Clinical Pathology

E.A Fathi Hafshajani ¹ , مجید Gholami ² , محسن Jafarian Dehkordi ³ , احسان Ali Aghaei ⁴

1 - 1- Assistant Professor, Department of Poultry Disease, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran
2 - 1- Assistant Professor, Department of Poultry Disease, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran
3 - 2- Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Pathobiology, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran
4 - Student of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran

Received: 2012-06-27 Accepted : 2012-12-17 Published : 2012-11-21

Keywords: broilers, Ascites syndrome, Serum electrolytes, Ascitic fluid,

Abstract :

Ascites is defined as an accumulation of excessive amounts of serous fluid in the abdominal cavity. Ascites is a metabolic disorder with multi-factorial predisposing factors. Increased mortality is often observed in broilers with rapid growth in the form of ascites. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the electrolytes of serum and ascitic fluid in broilers ascites syndrome. In this study, a total of 72 ascitic and 72 healthy broilers, over 4 week of age, collected from Chahar mahal va bakhtiyari province were studied. Samples were collected from the blood and ascitic fluid to determine the electrolytes. The data were analyzed using the t-test and SPSS and statistical software. The results indicated a significantly higher Sodium and potassium (p≤0.05) lower chlorine and calcium content in the blood of diseased broilers in comparison with the healthy broilers but there were no significant difference in magnesium and phosphorus level. Sodium, potassium and phosphorus levels of the ascitic fluid was significantly lower (p<0.05) than the blood values of these parameters in diseased broilers chlorine and calcium of the ascitic fluid was significantly higher (p<0.05). There was a no significant alternation in magnesium values between the ascitic fluid and blood. Considering that the broilers of both groups were kept under the same retention and nutritional conditions, it is suspected that the retention of Sodium and potassium in the blood of diseased broilers may be related to the presence of bicarbonate ion to maintain acid-base status of the body.

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