relation between rumen acidosis and acid base balance in Egyptian buffaloes

ABSTRACT

Clinical signs of rumen acidosis in 40 buffalos were detected and arranged according to the degree of hyperacidity and the resulting local and absorptive alterations. From physiological and clinical points of view, rumen and blood pH, carbon dioxide tension [P CO2], oxygen tension [PO2], bicarbonate [HCO3], total carbon dioxide [T CO2] and base excess [BE] together with sodium, potassium and chlorides values, were determined in the diseased animals. The obtained results were compared with ten healthy animals. The obtained data revealed lowered values for both rumen and blood pH, bicarbonate, base excess and serum electrolytes with anoxia and hypercapnia in the affected animals