Biochemical alterations in serum and cerebrospinal fluid in experimental acidosis in goats.

Experimental acidosis was induced in six goats aged between one and two years by administration of whole wheat grain at 100 g kg-1 bodyweight given intraruminally. Blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were collected from these goats before administration of wheat grain (0 hour) and thereafter at 12, 24, 48, 72, 96 and 120 hour intervals. These were analysed for serum enzyme activities and physicochemical characters of CSF. Significantly (P less than 0.05) higher activities of amylase (at 12 hours), lactate dehydrogenase (12 to 48 hours), creatine phosphokinase (12 to 48 hours), aspartate aminotransferase (12 to 24 hours), and gamma-glutamyl transferase (12 to 96 hours) were found in serum samples of acidotic goats. Changes in CSF included decrease of pH and chloride content and higher glucose values. No difference was seen in the physical character of CSF collected at different time intervals from acidotic goats.