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Volume 28(5):
256-262, 2024.
Dose dependent effects of ethanol on brain,
pancreas and hematology in quails.
Bashir M, Javed MT
Department
of Veterinary Pathology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan
ABSTRACT
Bashir M, Javed
MT., Dose dependent effects of ethanol on brain, pancreas and hematology in quails, Onl J Vet Res., Volume 28(5): 256-262, 2024. Ethanol has been given to broilers
for growth promotion or mild respiratory disease. Four groups of twenty eight
39 day old quails were acclimatized 4 days and given 2, 4, 8 and 16% alcohol in
drinking water daily for 28 days. One group not given alcohol served as
controls. Six birds from each group were slaughtered weekly for 4 weeks for blood
and organ samples. Brain and pancreas were excised and weighed and brain
volumes determined. Birds given ethanol exhibited dullness, depression and
staggering gait with more severe symptoms at 8-16%. Compared with controls,
body weight declined (P < 0.05) 15-38%, brain weight 10-13% and brain volume
40-52%. Erythrocytes and packed cell volumes increased (P < 0.05) ~65-68%,
hemoglobin 34-41%, leucocytes 58-69%, sedimentation rates 58-63% and pancreas
weight 24-36%, whereas sodium declined (P < 0.05) 58-63% and potassium
41-49% Even though results show that daily oral ethanol had profound
effects on quail behavior, hematology, brain and serum electrolytes, by
microscopy we found no lesions in any tissue.
KEY WORDS: Ethanol,
quails, Na+, K+, brain, pancreas, hematology.
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