CLINICAL CHEMICAL AND HEMATOLOGICAL BLOOD VALUES AND ADAPTATION DURING POSTNATAL LIFE IN SUCKLER CALVES

Suckler calves of the mother cow herd were used for this investigation . Body weight, growth rate and venous blood acid base status, gas cont ent, creatinine, urea, lactate, total protein, albumin, Ca, Mg, Na, K and Cl werde measured at 20, 60 and 90 days of postnatal life. Body we ight and growth rate showed strong correlations with some blood values especially at 60 and 90 days of age meaning that adaptation is perfor med successful in some carves and incomplete in others. Disproportiona te growth of body parts and the limited oxygen-carrying capacity below the oxygen needs of the tissues may cause the great lactate values in some carves of all age groups.