THE CONCENTRATION OF IONIZED MAGNESIUM IN SERUM DURING THE PERIPARTURIENT PERIOD OF NON-PARETIC DAIRY-COWS


RİOND J., KOCABAĞLI N., SPİCHİGER U., WANNER M.

VETERINARY RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, vol.19, no.3, pp.195-203, 1995 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 19 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 1995
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/bf01839298
  • Journal Name: VETERINARY RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.195-203
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Ion-selective electrodes have recently been designed for determining the ionized concentration of magnesium (Mg2+) in serum. This development may allow new insights into some metabolic diseases of cattle. For this report, the concentrations of Mg2+, total magnesium (Mg-tot), ionized calcium (Ca2+), total calcium (Ca-tot), and inorganic phosphate (P-i) were determined in sera from seventeen 3- to 16-year-old Brown Swiss and crossed Simmental/Red Holstein cows during the periparturient period. In each animal, a transient increase of Mg2+ and Mg-tot serum concentrations was observed in association with the transient decrease in serum concentrations of Ca2+, Ca-tot and P-i after parturition. On average, throughout the study, the serum Mg2+ concentrations were 68.5% of those of Mg-tot, whereas the serum Ca2+ concentrations were 52% of those of Ca-tot. The possible mechanisms involved in the transient increase of Mg2+ and Mg-tot serum concentrations are discussed.