Journal of Stress Physiology &
Biochemistry, Vol. 9 No. 1
2013, pp. 28-34 ISSN 1997-0838
Original Text Copyright (cc) 2013 by Joshi, Kataria, Kataria,
Pandey, Asopa, Sankhala, Pachaury and Khan
ORIGINAL
ARTICLE
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Stress related variations in
serum vitamin E and C levels of Murrah
buffaloes
Joshi A.1, N. Kataria*1, A.K. Kataria2, N. Pandey1,
S. Asopa3, L.N. Sankhala4, R. Pachaury5
and S. Khan5
1
Department of Veterinary Physiology, College of Veterinary and Animal
Science, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,
Bikaner – 334 001, Rajasthan, India 2 Apex Centre for Animal Disease Investigation, Monitoring
and Surveillance, College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Rajasthan
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner – 334 001,
Rajasthan, India 3 Department of Veterinary Pathology, Apollo College of
Veterinary Medicine, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India 4 Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology,
College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Rajasthan University of
Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner – 334 001, Rajasthan, India 5 Department of Animal Husbandry, Rajasthan, India
The study was designed to determine
stress related variations in endogenous vitamin E and C levels of
Murrah buffaloes. For this purpose, four hundred and fifty healthy
adult female Murrah buffaloes between 4 and 12 years of age were
sampled to harvest the sera during adverse ambiences viz. moderate,
extreme hot and cold ambiences. Animals were broadly divided into
non-pregnant milch, pregnant milch, pregnant dry, primipara and
multipara. The mean values (µmol L-1) of serum vitamin E and
C were 4.31±0.03 and 23.34±0.33, respectively during moderate ambience.
The mean values of both the vitamin E and C depressed significantly
(p≤0.05) during hot and cold ambiences as compared to moderate
ambience. It was observed that decline in each value during hot
ambience was greater than that of respective cold ambience. A
significant (p≤0.05) variation was observed in the mean values of
vitamin E and C in each ambience in the animals of all physiological
states. The mean values of both the vitamins of non pregnant milch
animals were highest (p≤0.05) whereas they were lowest (p≤0.05) in
pregnant dry animals. It could be concluded that extreme ambiences
produced oxidative stress in the buffaloes of all physiological states.
The depressed levels of endogenous vitamin E and C in the serum showed
their depletion in the body probably to combat free radical scavengers.
Vitamin E and C should be supplemented to protect the animals from
oxidative stress.
Key
words: Ambience, vitamin E and C, buffalo, Murrah,
serum
