GLUCOSE AND MUCOPROTEIN BEHAVIOR IN BOVINES EXPERIMENTALLY INTOXICATED BY CARBON TETRACHLORIDE

Abstract

For the present experiment it was used five crossbred zebu steer from 16 to 18 months old with weight varying from 95 to 150 kilograms and all clinically healthy. They were stabled in individual stalls, receiving daily chopped forage “ad libtum” and one Kilogram of balanced maintenance ration. The animals were dosed with carbon tetrachloride diluted at 50 % in corn oil, each animal from I to V respectively receiving a dose (ml/p/lw): 0.1; 0.3; 0.5; 0.7 and 0.9. The carbon tetrachloride was administered by intraruminal puncture in the left flank. The duration of the trial was 61 days. Fifty blood samples were collected from the jugular vein. The serum levels of glucose and mucoproteins were analyzed by photocolorimeter. Hepatic samples were also collected and analysed.