INFLUENCE OF WATER POLLUTION ON GENERAL HEALTH AND MILK PRODUCTION OF EGYPTIAN BUFFALOES

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The present study was conducted to determine the influence of water pollution upon milk production, clinical behavior as well as some haemato logical and biochemical parameters of fifty dairy buffaloes in comparison to other ten control group. A highly significant drop in the levels of daily milk production of all animals under experimentation was recorded and tabulated. Clinical observations included dull apearance, reduced activities, apathy, polyponea and tachycardia. The obtained heamatological results showed a marked neutrophilia with a non significant anaemia.
Biochemical data revealed a highly significant increase in all measured enzymes together with a non significant elevation in the levels of creat inine, bilirubin and urea nitrogen. Total protein and blood glucose were markedly droped, in comparison with the autocontrol group.