Management of uraemia in goafs: Clinical, haematological and biochemical study Reddy Y.K., P.G.Scholar, Mogha S.V., Sr.Scientist, Gupta O.P., Sr. Scientist Division of Surgery, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar (UP) Abstract Experimental uroperitoneum was created in eighteen male goats, divided equally in three groups, after rupturing the urinary bladder and simultaneously ligating the post scrotal urethra. The urinary bladder was repaired and urethral ligature was released after 48 hours of rupture in all the groups. Animals of group 1 were given intravenous normal saline and those of group 2 and 3 were subjected to peritoneal and pleural dialysis, respectively, in addition to intravenous normal saline injection. All the animals in group 2 and 3 tolerated the pleural/peritoneal dialysis well. After treatment, animals of group 2 and 3 showed faster improvement in their general condition than those of group 1. Increased pulse and respiration rate returned to normal in animals of all the three groups, except in group 3, where respiration rate remained significantly higher even at 48 hours following the treatment. The total erythrocyte count, haemoglobin, packed cell volume, serum urea nitrogen, serum creatinine, total protein, serum calcium, inorganic phosphorus, sodium, potassium and chloride values returned to pre-operative levels after 72 hours of treatment in all the groups. However, serum urea nitrogen persisted at significantly (P<0.05) higher level in animals of group 1. The recovery of dialysate was relatively more in pleural dialysis as compared to that in peritoneal dialysis. Top Keywords Biochemistry, Dialysis, Goat, Haematology, Uraemia. Top |