Clinical reaction and hematological and serum biochemical alterations in interspecies blood transfusion from sheep to cow

Subject Areas : clinical veterinary science

saeed Azimpour ¹ , saeed Nazifi ² , parham Mottaghian ³

1 - 1- Department of Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran
2 - 2- Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz, Iran
3 - 3- Post graduated of large Animal Internal Medicine

Received: 2015-12-22 Accepted : 2016-04-20 Published : 2017-02-19

Keywords: Sheep, cattle, interspecies blood transfusion,

Abstract :

In cattle, blood transfusion is done in severe anemia as a result of abomasal ulcers, parturition accident and hemolytic diseases. The aim of this investigation was to observe the clinical reactions, hematological and serum biochemical alterations in interspecies blood transfusion from sheep to cow. 5 sheep aged 2 – 3 years old and 5 calves aged around 1 year old were selected. Blood was collected from the selected sheep. 280 ml of blood were transfused from sheep to calves. No any serious clinical reactions was observed after blood transfusion. Blood samples were taken from recipients before blood transfusion and at the times 12 and 24 hours post-transfusion. Total white blood cells, differential leukocyte count and determination of serum total protein, total bilirubin, lactate dehydrogenase, total globulin and albumin were performed. The data were analyzed by analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Duncan's multiple range test to detect significant differences among the means. There were no significant hematological and biochemical changes in the calves (p≥0.05), maybe as a result of vast variety of blood groups in cattle.