Assessment of Parturition Stress in Buffaloes

K.Vidyadhara Reddy DVG , A.Hari Krishnaa,T.Sree Krishna Vinay,T.Venkata Pavan ,

Syed.Moise, B Sudhakara Reddy and S.Sivajothi
Department of Veterinary Clinical Complex
College of Veterinary Science, Proddatur - 516360
Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Andhra Pradesh

The period from 3 weeks prior to calving to 3 weeks after calving is

transition period and it is the most stressful period for the bovines. Most of the diseases may
occur during the transition period in bovines (LeBlanc et al., 2006). Parturition and lactation
associated stress increase susceptibility of high producing cows to many infectious diseases
during the periparturient period. The present study was designed to evaluate the stress in
buffaloes before and after parturition. Recorded haematological findings, serum cortisol and
glutathione peroxidase levels parameters were suggestive of stress markers and which an
indication of the buffaloes had parturition stress Changes in the haematological Serum Cortisol
levels and glutathione peroxidase levels were in association with the previous studies and it is
indicative of periparturient buffaloes had a parturition stress (Seifi et al., 2007; Radkowska and
Herbut, 2014) [10, 6]. Increased serum Cortisol level and reduced glutathione peroxidase levels
were noticed during the period of parturition which proved that the parturition process had severe
stress in the buffaloes. . Details of the study will be discussed.

Presenting author: kvidhyadhardvg@gmail.com

Keywords: Parturition stress, buffaloes.