Clinical significance of serum cholesterol measurement in some diseased conditions of buffaloe and camels

Clinical significance of cholesterol and other serum lipids in ruminants has not been paid the neBessary attention until to- date. The present investigation was carried out to demonstrate the pattern of total lipids total ch~lesterol , cholesterolfractions and HDL- cholesterol in the serum of normal and diseasedbuffaloe and camel. Thirty- two buffalo serum sam?les werecolle~ted from the slaughter house • Of which thirteen were ob- tained from normal individuals, nine from buffaloe which had mild fasciola infestation in the U_er (groUP I) and ten fromc’ase8 which had moderate to severe lesions offascioliasis ( group 11 )Analysis of the sera of diseased buffaloe re- vealed decrease of the tested parameters which was significantin the second group of buffaloe. The changes were attributed to liver damageSixty-four serum samples were obtained from apparantlY normal camelsDiaGnosis of trypanosomiasis was attempted by blood film examination and mercuric chloriGe agglutination test.Of the total number of the camels examined, twenty-three were recognised negative for trypanosomia~is ,fourteen were positive only by serological testing and twenty-seven camels revealed positive results with both blood film and mercuric chloridetest.