[Glycogen content and the determination of the biochemical indices of the musculature and liver in healthy calves and those with degenerative osteoarthrosis].

Investigations aiming to establish the content of glycogen and of some biochemical characteristics (pH, peroxidase, ammonia, sulfurated hydrogen and reaction in bouillon with copper sulfate) of the muscles (m. gracilis, m. longissimus dorsi, caput longum of m. triceps brachii and the muscules of the neck between the 5th and 7th neck vertebrae) and liver of 16 fattened calves of the Bulgarian brown cattle breed suffering fro degenerative osteoarthrosis, were carried out. It was established that in glycogen content and in biochemical characteristics investigated the muscle and liver samples of calves suffering from degenerative osteoarthrosis differ from those of healthy animals.