Affiliation:
1. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi
2. SİİRT ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Abstract
Blood glucose level is one of the most commonly used parameters in assessing the energy metabolism in dairy cows. The presented study
aimed to compare the glucose concentrations in blood samples taken from the coccygeal vein, jugular vein, and mammary vein from the same
animals at the same time. Healthy Holstein-Friesian dairy cows (n=25) in their second and third lactation were selected for the study. The
blood samples were taken from the coccygeal vein, jugular vein, and V. subcutanea abdominis (mammary vein) at the same time from each
animal. To analyze blood glucose, Free Style Optium Blood Glucose Test Strip (Abbott, Istanbul, TURKIYE) was used. In comparison to the
blood taken from both the jugular vein and coccygeal vein, glucose levels in blood samples taken from the mammary vein were significantly
low (P<0.001). As a result, the determination of glucose levels in blood samples taken from the mammary veins may cause erroneous interpretations.
Therefore, the mammary vein for blood glucose must not be used as a sampling site.
Publisher
Uludag Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi
Subject
Marketing,Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management,Strategy and Management,Drug Discovery,Pharmaceutical Science,Pharmacology
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